Henry Lee (Canterbury MP)

Henry Lee (c. 1657 – 6 September 1734) of Dungeon, Canterbury was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons in three periods between 1685 and 1715.

Lee was the son of Dr John Lee, Archdeacon of Rochester and his third wife Anne English, daughter of Henry English of Maidstone. His father later took the name of Warner by Act of Parliament under the terms of the will of his uncle Dr John Warner, Bishop of Rochester.^[1] He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford, on 4 July 1673, aged 16.^[2] He married Dorothy Howe, daughter of Sir George Grobham Howe, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Grimstone, daughter of Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet on 16 October 1679.^[1]

Lee purchased the manor of Dungeon in Kent.

1713 general election but was defeated in 1715.^[1]

Lee died on 6 September 1734. His son Henry Lee Warner, who was MP for Hindon, pulled down the mansion of the Dungeon.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Lee, Henry (c.1657-1734), of 'Dunjeen', or 'Dane John', nr. Canterbury, Kent". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 19 August 2018.
^ Foster, Joseph. "Lee-Llewellin in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714". British History Online. pp. 892–921. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b Canterbury: Manors, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 11 (1800), pp. 147-164. Date accessed: 19 November 2010
^ Basil Duke Henning The House of Commons, 1660-1690, Volume 1
^ Canterbury City Council On-line - The Past Mayors Archived 27 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ Col George Jackson Hay, An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force), London:United Service Gazette, 1905, p. 377.

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[HOP-1] "Lee, Henry (c.1657-1734), of 'Dunjeen', or 'Dane John', nr. Canterbury, Kent". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 19 August 2018.

[ALUM-2] Foster, Joseph. "Lee-Llewellin in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714". British History Online. pp. 892–921. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[Hasted-3] Canterbury: Manors, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 11 (1800), pp. 147-164. Date accessed: 19 November 2010

[4] Basil Duke Henning The House of Commons, 1660-1690, Volume 1

[5] Canterbury City Council On-line - The Past Mayors Archived 27 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Col George Jackson Hay, An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force), London:United Service Gazette, 1905, p. 377.

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