10-1729: George Lee may refer to: Politicians [ edit ] Sir George Lee (English politician) (c. 1700–1758), English politician George Leslie Lee (1814–1897), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council George Lee, 3rd Earl of Lichfield (1718–1772), British politician and peer George Lee, Chinese British, Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Holborn & St Pancras George Lee (Australian politician) (1834–1912), New South Wales pastoralist and politician George Lee (journalist) (born 1962), Irish economist, journalist and former Fine Gael politician George W. Lee (New Jersey politician) (1931–2007), American Democratic Party politician Sports [ edit ] George Lee (basketball) (born 1936), American former basketball player and coach George Lee (cricketer, born 1854) (1854–1919), Yorkshire cricketer George Lee (cricketer, born 1810) (1810–1894), English cricketer George Lee (New Zealand cricketer) (1851-1931), New Zealand cricketer George B. Lee (1817–1903), cricketer George Lee (footballer) (1919–1991), English footballer George Lee (pilot) (born 1946), winner of three World Gliding Championships George Lee (athlete) (1886–?), British track and field athlete George Lee (American football) (1873–1927), American college football player and medical doctor Musicians [ edit ] George E. Lee (1896–1958), American jazz musician George Alexander Lee (1802–1851), English musician Others [ edit ] Sir George Lee, 6th Baronet (1767–1827) of
20-524: A by-election on 25 January 1733. He was returned unopposed at the 1741 British general election but resigned the seat on appointment to office in March 1742 and was the returned as MP for Devizes at a by-election on 23 July 1742. At the 1747 British general election he was returned instead as MP for Liskeard . At the 1754 British general election , he was returned unopposed as MP for Launceston by his brother-in-law, Humphry Morice . From 1742 to 1744, Lee
30-499: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages George Lee (English politician) Sir George Lee , PC ( c. 1700 – 18 December 1758) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for 25 years from 1733 to 1758. Lee was fifth son of Sir Thomas Lee, 2nd Baronet , who had married Alice Hopkins, daughter and coheiress of Thomas Hopkins, of London. His elder brother
40-606: The Lee baronets George Lee (actor) , British actor, in Spearhead from Space George Hay Lee (1808–1873), judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals George P. Lee (1943–2010), Native American General Authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints George W. Lee (1903–1955), civil rights activist George Washington Custis Lee (1832–1913), Confederate major general in
50-851: The American Civil War George Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield (1690–1742) George Ludlow Lee Sr. (1901–1966), chairman of the board of Red Devil, Inc. George Washington Lee (1894–1976), African-American soldier, author, political leader and corporate executive George Augustus Lee (1761–1826), British industrialist George Henry Lee , a department store located in Liverpool, England George Lee (postmaster) , postmaster general of Ceylon George Cabot Lee Jr. (1871–1950), American banker George Lee (dancer) , New York City Ballet's first Asian dancer See also [ edit ] George Leigh (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing George Lee Topics referred to by
60-631: The family vault underneath the east end of Hartwell Church, Buckinghamshire. He married, on 5 June 1742, Judith, the second daughter of Humphry Morice of Werrington, near Launceston, Cornwall, by his wife, a daughter of Thomas Sandys of London. She died on 19 July 1743, aged 33, and was buried on 1 August in the vault of the Lee family in Hartwell Church. Sir George died without issue, and left all his fortune to his nephew, Sir William Lee, 4th baronet . [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from
70-551: The ministry. When the Duke of Newcastle proposed to form an administration, with the exclusion of Pitt from office, Lee reluctantly agreed to be Chancellor of the Exchequer but the duke, almost at once and without the least notice to those who had agreed to join him, abandoned his scheme. On 18 December, Lee died suddenly at his house in St. James's Square , London, and was buried on 28 December in
80-456: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title George Lee . 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=George_Lee&oldid=1260115300 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
90-465: Was Sir William Lee , the judge. He entered Clare College, Cambridge in 1716, but migrated to Christ Church, Oxford , where he matriculated on 4 April 1720. He took the degrees of B.C.L. in 1724 and D.C.L. in 1729. On 23 October 1729 he was admitted advocate at Doctors' Commons and soon obtained a practice. Lee was returned as Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for Brackley by the Duke of Bridgwater at
100-458: Was a Lord of the Admiralty , and knighted and sworn as a Privy Councillor in 1752. From 1751 to 1757 he was treasurer to Augusta, Princess of Wales . In 1757, Lee resigned his position as treasurer to the princess dowager in consequence of the rise into favour of Lord Bute , but his defection attracted little notice, as the princess's adherents had for some time slackened in their opposition to
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