# Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield

> Edward Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield was an English peer, the son of a baronet, who at 14 years of age married one of the illegitimate daughters of King Charles II, Charlotte Lee, prior to which he was made Earl of Lichfield. They had a large family; Lady Lichfield bore him 18 children. He was a staunch Tory and followed James II to Rochester, Kent after the king's escape from Whitehall in December 1688. His subsidiary titles were Viscount Quarendon and Baron Spelsbury.

*British peer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/edward-lee-1st-earl-of-lichfield

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1663-02-04
- **Died:** 1716-07-14
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 41.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.7 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 4.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 14.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 25.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lee%2C_1st_Earl_of_Lichfield)
- [Edward Lee (1er comte de Lichfield)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lee_(1er_comte_de_Lichfield))
- [Edward Lee, I conte di Lichfield](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lee%2C_I_conte_di_Lichfield)
- [Ли, Эдвард, 1-й граф Личфилд](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_1-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%87%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B4)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5344088)

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