- GB-2014-WSA-10913
- Person
- 1718-1772
LEE, GEORGE HENRY, 3rd EARL OF LICHFIELD, eldest son of George Henry Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield, and Frances, dau. of Sir John Hales, Bart., and half-sister of James Hales (qv); b. 21 May 1718; adm. Feb 1727/8; spoke his verses in College Hall at the Westminster Feast of 1734/5 “extremely well” (HMC Report ix, appendix ii, 465); left 1735; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Jan 1735/6; MA 14 Feb 1737/8; DCL 25 Aug 1743 and by diploma 27 Sep 1762; Grand Tour (Italy) 1739-40; MP Oxfordshire Feb 1739/40 – 13 Feb 1742/3; succ. father as 3rd Earl of Lichfield 13 Feb 1742/3; a Lord of the Bedchamber 11 Dec 1760 – Jul 1762, Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners from 17 Jul 1762; Privy Councillor 14 Jul 1762; High Steward, Oxford Univ. 1760-2, Chancellor from 1762; founded by bequest the Lichfield Clinical Professorship, Oxford Univ.; member, Society of Dilettanti 1740/1; DL Oxfordshire 1763; FSA 26 Nov 1767; m. 16 Jan 1744/5 Dinah, dau. of Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart. MP; d. 19 Sep 1772. DNB.