John R. Carter (diplomat)
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John Ridgeley Carter was an American attorney, diplomat, and banker.
Portrait of Carter by John Singer Sargent, 1901
1908 portrait of his daughter, Mildred, later the Countess of Gosford.
Lee family
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The Lee family of the United States is a historically significant Virginia and Maryland political family, whose many prominent members are known for their accomplishments in politics and the military.
John R. Carter (diplomat)
…Mary Buckner (née Ridgely) Carter and Bernard Carter, a prominent lawyer and professor. Through his father, he was a member of the prominent Carter and Lee families of Virginia and was a descendant of Henry Lee III, the 9th Governor of Virginia. His paternal grandparents were Charles Henry Carter and Rosalie Eugenia…
Richard Lee I, founder of the family in North America
Confederate general Robert E. Lee
Thomas Lee (1690–1750), Virginia colonist and cofounder of the Ohio Company
Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794), signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and president of the Continental Congress