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Sir
Henry Lee
KG
Sir Henry Lee by Antonis Mor, 1568
BornMarch 1533
Died12 February 1611
SpouseAnne Paget
ChildrenJohn Lee
Henry Lee
Mary Lee
Parent(s)Sir Anthony Lee
Margaret Wyatt
Coat of Arms of Sir Henry Lee, KG

Sir Henry Lee KG (March 1533 – 12 February 1611), of Ditchley, was Queen's Champion and Master of the Armouries under Queen Elizabeth I of England.

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Henry Lee of Ditchley

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Henry Lee KG (March 1533 – 12 February 1611), of Ditchley, was Queen's Champion and Master of the Armouries under Queen Elizabeth I of England. Henry...

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Ditchley Park

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became a royal hunting ground, and then the property of Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley. The 2nd Earl of Lichfield built the present house, designed by James...

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Lee family

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Henry Lee was descended either from Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley or possibly related to Colonel Richard Lee of Virginia .p.3-but no proof either way Bushong...

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Anne Vavasour

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the mistress of Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley, by whom she had another illegitimate son. By 1590, she had married a sea captain by the name of John Finch....

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Portraiture of Elizabeth I

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white. The Ditchley Portrait seems to have always been at the Oxfordshire home of Elizabeth's retired Champion, Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley, and likely...

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Henry Lee

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Henry Lee may refer to: Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley (1533–1611), Master of the Ordnance and Queen's Champion under Elizabeth I of England, MP for Buckinghamshire...

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Antonis Mor

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Portrait of Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley (1568) - Oil on panel, 64.1 x 53.3 cm, National Portrait Gallery, London; see image gallery below. Portrait of a Gentleman...

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Earl of Lichfield

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heir of Henry Lee of Ditchley. The 1st Earl of Lichfield from the Lee family was succeeded by his third but eldest surviving son, George Henry Lee, who became...

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Lee baronets

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surname Lee, all extinct. This branch of the family owned Ditchley House, current home of the Ditchley Foundation. The last male heir of the Lees of Quarendon...

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Aylesbury Grammar School

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from Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley, the Champion of Queen Elizabeth I, and its first home was in St Mary’s Church in Aylesbury. In 1714, Henry Phillips left...

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Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger

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portraits of Anne of Denmark, but it is unknown whether the two artists collaborated or shared patterns for portraits. Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley, who retired...

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Bulletproof vest

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recorded as testing his armour against gun-fire. Similarly, in 1590 Henry Lee of Ditchley expected his Greenwich armour to be "pistol proof". Its actual effectiveness...

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George Washington Parke Custis

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royal houses of Hanover and Stuart. His mother was descended from Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, and Henry Lee of Ditchley, one of whose descendants...

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1611

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1546) February 12 – Henry Lee of Ditchley, English noble (b. 1533) February 26 – Antonio Possevino, Italian Jesuit protagonist of Counter Reformation...

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Portrait of Henry VIII

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Portrait of Henry VIII is a lost painting by Hans Holbein the Younger depicting Henry VIII. It is one of the most iconic images of Henry VIII and is one of the...

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Lambourn

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Manor by the beginning of the 14th century. The Ditchley portrait of Queen Elizabeth I was painted for Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley to commemorate her visit...

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Richard Lee I

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"Ditchley", "Lee Hall", "Blenheim", "Leesylvania", "Dividing Creek", and "Stratford". These were the estate names of the descendants of Richard Lee I...

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1610s

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1546) February 12 – Henry Lee of Ditchley, English noble (b. 1533) February 26 – Antonio Possevino, Italian Jesuit protagonist of Counter Reformation...

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Anthony Lee

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Skinner, the daughter of John Skinner of Reigate, Surrey, by whom he had four sons and five daughters: Sir Henry Lee, of Ditchley, a prominent courtier...

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Accession Day tilt

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festivities marking the Accession Day of James I, 24 March, until 1624, the year before his death. Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley, Queen's Champion, devised the Accession...

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Lawrence Tanfield

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largely due to the patronage of his first wife's uncle, Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley, the Queen's Champion. He was elected Member of Parliament for Woodstock...

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