Richard Bland Lee was an American planter, jurist, and politician from Fairfax County, Virginia. He was the son of Henry Lee II (1730–1787) of "Leesylvania" and Lucy Grymes (1734–1792) and the younger brother of both Maj. Gen. Henry Lee (1756–1818) and of Charles Lee (1758–1815), Attorney General of the United States from 1795 to 1801, who served in both the Washington and Adams administrations.
Richard Bland Lee
Virginia State Capitol built in 1785, as it appeared in 1865
New York City Federal Hall, Seat of Congress. 1790 copper engraving by A. Doolittle, depicting Washington's April 30, 1789 inauguration.
The United States Capitol after the burning of Washington, DC, in the War of 1812. Watercolor and ink depiction from 1814, restored.
Col. Henry Lee II (1730–1787) of was an American planter, soldier, and politician, from Westmoreland and later of Prince William County. Although he served in local military offices as well as state legislative offices before and after the conflict, he may today be best known for Leesylvania plantation in Prince William County, or as the father of several important revolutionary figures, especially, Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee III, and grandfather of Robert E. Lee.
Possible portrait of Col. Lee
