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32-1233: Charles Lee may refer to: Politics [ edit ] Charles Lee (Attorney General) (1758–1815), lawyer and United States Attorney General Charles Lee (Australian politician) (1842–1926), Minister for Justice, 1898–1899, and Secretary for Public Works, 1899 Charles Lee (Hong Kong politician) (born 1936), former chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited Charles Lee (activist) (active in 1987), American environmental justice activist Sports [ edit ] Charlie Lee (Australian footballer) (1896–1979), Australian rules footballer Charles Lee (cricketer) (1924–1999), English first-class cricketer Charles A. Lee (born 1977), American sprinting athlete Charles Lee (American football) (born 1977), former American football wide receiver Charles Lee (basketball) (born 1984), American basketball player Charlie Lee (English footballer) (born 1987), English football player Charlie Lee (squash player) (born 1998), English squash player Charlie Lee (football coach) (born 1945), American football coach Others [ edit ] Charles Lee (general) (1732–1782), Anglo-American soldier of

64-733: A 2000 acre plantation on the Potomac River at Freestone Point between Neabsco Creek and Powell Creek near the town of Dumfries , which is now a state park but still known as " Leesylvania ". That land much earlier been inherited by Laetitia Corbin, who had married Richard Lee II long before Virginia legislators had created Prince William County, and was known for magnificent views of the Potomac River. Henry Lee later inherited nearly 3500 acres in Fairfax County from his parents, as well as twenty enslaved people and considerable livestock. In 1787,

96-603: A Virginia State Park and on the National Register of Historic Places), having been overshadowed by his cousin Richard Henry Lee and his sons, especially his lawyer sons Charles , Edmund Jennings Lee I and Richard Bland Lee I and his somewhat scandal plagued firstborn son Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee III (grandfather of Robert E. Lee ). Lee was born in 1729 at "Lee Hall" in Westmoreland County, Virginia,

128-426: A position as tobacco inspector and was succeeded by Thomas Blackburn until Governor Dumnore prorogued (suspended the assembly in 1775). Prince William County voters then elected Lee and Blackburn their representatives to the first four Virginia Revolutionary Conventions, and elected Lee and Cuthbert Bullitt as their representatives to the last revolutionary convention in 1776. After independence, Lee won election to

160-438: A private education appropriate to his class. As the third son (with elder brothers John (b. 1724) and Richard (b. 1729) and a sister Letitia (b. 1730)), Lee was not expected to inherit the main plantation, but studied law and was admitted to the local bar in Westmoreland County, where he practiced law for three years. In 1754, a year after his advantageous marriage described below, Lee moved to Prince Willliam County , developing

192-542: A private legal practice, and one of his clients was George Washington (from 1785 until his appointment as Attorney General as described below in 1795). He also was the Alexandria city prosecutor until resigning that office in 1794, and a local judicial position in 1801. Like his uncle squire Richard Lee, Charles Lee also held appointed positions as (most lucratively) tax collector for the Port of Alexandria (1789–1793), naval officer for

224-659: A two-story brick house on Prince Street in Alexandria. Charles and Margaret Lee had four children: Robert Eden Lee (1810–1843), Elizabeth Gordon Lee (1813–1892), Willis Drury Lee (d.1843), and Alexander Lee (1815–1815). After admission to the Virginia bar, Lee practiced law in Alexandria (for much of this time part of the District of Columbia), as did his brothers Richard Bland Lee and Edmund J. Lee, his uncle Arthur Lee (at least technically), and cousin/brother-in-law Ludwell Lee . In addition to his government duties described below Lee had

256-616: A year after his remarriage). The couple had six children: Anne Lucinda Lee (1790–1845), infant son (Arthur) Lee (1791–1791), Richard Henry Lee (February–March 1793), Charles Henry Lee (b. October 1794), William Arthur Lee (September 1796 – 1817), and Alfred Lee (1799–1865). In July 1809, Lee remarried, to Margaret Scott Peyton of Fauquier County (1783–1843). Lee had sold property in Alexandria shortly before that marriage, then sold several lots in Warrenton (the Fauquier County seat) and leased

288-760: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Charles Lee (Attorney General) Charles was the third of eleven children born to Henry (1730–1787) and Lucy (Grymes) Lee on his father's Leesylvania plantation in Prince William County, Virginia . A member of the First Families of Virginia , his elder brother became General Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee . Another lawyer brother became Congressman Richard Bland Lee , and future President Zachary Taylor would be his third cousin. This Lee also handled legal affairs for more distant relatives, including administering

320-461: The First Families of Virginia . Lee married local beauty and heiress Lucy Grymes (1734–1792), the daughter of Hon. Charles Grymes (1693–1743) (twice related to President George Washington ) and Frances Jennings (great-aunt of Edmund Randolph ). Her father Charles Grymes lived at his " Morattico " plantation, in Richmond County, Virginia . His mother in law was also of distinguished lineage,

352-620: The American Revolutionary War Charles Lee (British architect) (1803–1880/4–1880), in partnership with Thomas Talbot Bury, 1845–1849 S. Charles Lee (1899–1990), American architect of U.S movie palaces Charles Lee (author) (1870–1956), British author Charles Goodall Lee (1881–1973), first licensed Chinese American dentist in California Charles Freeman Lee (1927–1997), American jazz trumpeter Charles Lee (active 2004–2006), guitarist of

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384-585: The Attorney General after William Bradford died in office. After Senate approval, Lee took office on December 10, 1795, and served until Washington left office. His successor, President John Adams continued Lee in that position for nearly the entire Adams administration (until February 19, 1801). On February 18, 1801, Adams nominated Lee for one of 16 new circuit court judgeships created by the Judiciary Act of 1801 (a judicial reorganization that also reduced

416-692: The South Potomac (1777–1789), secretary of the Potomac Company (1785), and clerk for the Common Council of Alexandria (1785). Fairfax County voters thrice elected Lee and Samuel Arell as their two delegates in the Virginia House of Delegates—in 1793, 1794 and 1795 (though Arell died in that final and was replaced by Elisha C. Dick , and both were replaced by Charles Simms and Augustine J. Smith in 1796). President George Washington appointed Lee

448-471: The U.S. Supreme Court to five judges and temporarily eliminated circuit riding for justices). Although the Senate confirmed his appointment on March 3, 1801 (along with the "midnight judges" President Adams appointed as his administration ended), that judicial reorganization act was repealed on April 8, 1802 (by the Judiciary Act of 1802 ). Both before and during his federal service, Lee lived in Alexandria, which

480-559: The Virginia Senate, representing a district consisting pf Fairfax and Prince William Counties, and continued to serve until his death, when John Pope won election to the vacant seat. Henry Lee was the third son of Capt. Henry Lee I (1691–1747) of "Lee Hall", Westmoreland County, and his wife, Mary Bland (1704–1764). Bland was the daughter of Hon. Richard Bland (1665–1720) and his second wife, Elizabeth Randolph (1685–1719) (the daughter of William Randolph ). Thus, all were descended from

512-687: The age of 57, and is buried in the Warrenton Cemetery in Warrenton . Henry Lee II Col. Henry Lee II (1730–1787) was an American planter, military officer and politician from Westmoreland and later of Prince William County . Although he served in the Virginia General Assembly for three decades (part-time before and after the American Revolutionary War), as well as held local military and civilian offices, Lee may today be best known for Leesylvania plantation (now

544-459: The attempts of the irnworks' foreman to get the ringleader pardoned. All of Henry Lee II and Lucy Grymes Lee's children were born at Leesylvania: Henry Lee died in 1787 at Leesylvania, and is buried there, as is widow Lucy, who survived him by five years. He named his second son, Charles Lee, as administrator of his estate, because of scandals which had already developed around debts incurred by his eldest son, Henry Lee III, and his mishandling of

576-604: The band Loser Charles Lee (scientist) (born 1969), Canadian pathology scientist Charles E. Lee (1917–2008), American archivist and historian in South Carolina Charlie Lee (computer scientist) , creator of Litecoin J. Charles Lee , president of Mississippi State University See also [ edit ] Charles Lea (disambiguation) Charles Lees (disambiguation) Charles Leigh (disambiguation) Charles Vaughan-Lee (1867–1928), senior Royal Navy officer [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

608-535: The council's recorder, and would first be elected to represent the third ward in 1805, later became the council's president (in 1810) and mayor (in 1815). Lee had inherited Leesylvania plantation from his father, although his mother Lucy was entitled to live there for the rest of her life (which ended in 1792), but to ease financial problems (probably related to investments of or with his brother Light-Horse Harry Lee), Charles Lee mortgaged it to his cousin William Lee, and

640-514: The county militia as County Lieutenant for Prince William, including during the Revolution , although that position in that era customarily involved gathering men and supplies, not leading troops outside the county. In 1756, Lee thought he won election to the Virginia House of Burgesses , but a court declared the results invalid and Henry Peyton , likewise of the First Families of Virginia won

672-705: The daughter of Edmund Jenings . Charles Grymes held local public offices including as sheriff of Richmond County, and held the highest office obtainable to a Virginia planter, as a member of the Governor's Council (1724-1725). Lucy survived a poisoning attempt by two local slaves in 1767 (one living at Leesylvania and the other working at the Neabsco foundry owned by Col. John Tayloe, father-in-law to his cousin Francis Lee). Henry reportedly wrote to his cousin Squire Lee complaining about

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704-571: The final Lee residence, as well as operated a lucrative fishery on the Potomac. However, the Fairfax home burned in 1910, and ruins of the walls and a chimney and barn foundation are all that remain. and increasing pollution in the Potomac River ended the profitable fishery as well as a duck hunting club which acquired the property in the early 20th century. In modern times, the Lee Society of Virginia erected

736-411: The funds held in trust for his wife and daughters. However, the plantation home burned in 1790, three years after Lee's death, and in the 1950s a road to a dock of a gambling boat, the S.S. Freestone, was constructed which caused nearly complete demolition of the remaining foundation. Henry Fairfax bought the property in 1825 from Alfred Lee, and his family lived there in a home which may have pre-dated

768-603: The guardian of his three siblings under 21 years of age (Edmund, Lucy, Ann). Upon his mother's death in 1792, Charles received the Leesylvania plantation. In 1789, Charles married Anne Lee (December 1, 1770 – September 9, 1804), his second cousin and the daughter of Richard Henry Lee (his first cousin once removed), and they lived at 220 N. Washington Street in Alexandria until 1800, then 407 N. Washington Street until her death (though Charles Lee continued to live there with his brother Edmund and his wife (Anne's sister Sara) until

800-781: The landmark case against the Jefferson administration for unfulfilled political appointments. Simultaneously, Lee defended Hugh Stuart in Stuart v. Laird . Lee also defended former vice president Aaron Burr in his famous treason trial. Most members of the Lee family operated plantations using enslaved labor. Charles Lee owned two slaves in Alexandria in 1787, and either he or a man of the same common name owned slaves in several Tidewater Virginia counties where his ancestors had plantations. Charles Lee died on June 24, 1815, in Fauquier County, Virginia , at

832-557: The new election and was thus seated alongside John Bell for what proved to be a two-year long session. Lee clearly won a seat in 1758 (which proved to be a four year long session), and began serving alongside John Baylis. That year, five Lees (brothers and cousins, led by Richard Henry Lee of Westmoreland County) won election as burgesses from various counties in the Northern Neck of Virginia . Lee would continue to win re-elections and served alongside Foushee Tebbs until that man accepted

864-580: The residence burned down, so eventually the acreage was also sold. After his time as Attorney General, in addition to becoming among the most prominent trial lawyers in Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia, Lee became the port officer for the District of the Potomac . As a private attorney Lee represented William Marbury and other "midnight judge" appointees of President Adams in Marbury v. Madison ,

896-405: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Lee&oldid=1080525100 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

928-400: The third son of Capt. Henry Lee I (1691–1747), and his wife, Mary Bland (1704–1764). His mother was the daughter of Hon. Richard Bland, Sr. (1665–1720) and his second wife, Elizabeth Randolph (1685–1719). Thus, both parents descended from the First Families of Virginia who operated plantations using enslaved labor, as well as held important political and governmental offices. Lee received

960-541: The will of Richard Henry Lee , one of whose sons/heirs Ludwell Lee also practiced law in Alexandria. Lee received a private education suitable to his class, then traveled to Princeton, New Jersey , for studies at the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University ) in 1775. Lee then read law with Jared Ingersoll in Philadelphia before returning to Virginia. His father's 1787 will appointed Charles as Executor and

992-493: The year of his death (and also the year of a Virginia tax census in Prince William County), Lee owned 29 enslaved teenagers under 16 years old, 26 enslaved adults, as well as 16 horses and 72 cattle and a 4-wheeled carriage. Meanwhile, Henry Lee II used his legal training as a justice of the peace for Prince William county, and later led the county's justices who jointly administered the county in that era. Lee also led

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1024-534: Was then part of the capital district. He was elected to the Alexandria City Council in 1794 and re-elected. He advocated returning the southern part of the District of Columbia to Virginia , which finally happened in 1847. In 1804 fellow councilors elected Lee as Alexandria's mayor, but he refused to serve, so Dr. Elisha C. Dick was selected instead. The previous year, his brother Edmund J. Lee had served as

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