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Colonel Thomas Lee (c. 1690 – November 14, 1750) was a planter and politician in colonial Virginia, and a member of the Lee family, a political dynasty. Lee became involved in politics in 1710, serving in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly , and also held important positions as Naval Officer for the Northern Potomac ...
First Families of Virginia (FFV) are the families in colonial Virginia who are socially prominent and wealthy, but not necessarily the earliest settlers. They descend from English colonists who primarily settled at Jamestown , Williamsburg , the Northern Neck and along the James River and other navigable waters in Virginia during the ...
Colonel Thomas Lee was a planter and politician in colonial Virginia, and a member of the Lee family, a political dynasty. Lee became involved in politics in 1710, serving in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, and also held important positions as Naval Officer for the Northern Potomac Region and agent for the Northern Neck Proprietary.
The politician and planter Thomas Lee purchases the Clifts, a tobacco plantation in Westmoreland County, from the descendants of colonist Nathanial Pope. 1734 Thomas Lee renames the Clifts plantation; he chooses the name Stratford, after his grandfather's estate in England.
Enlarge Portrait. Thomas Lee (1690-1750) Artist: Unknown. Date: probably 1725-1740. Thomas Lee was the son of Richard Lee II and Laetitia Corbin Lee. He married Hannah Ludwell of Greensprings in 1722. He lived at Machodoc Plantation. When Machodoc was burned in 1729, he moved his family and built Stratford Hall.
Col. Thomas Lee (c. 1690 –November 14, 1750) was a planter and politician in colonial Virginia. He was a member of the Lee family, a political dynasty which included many figures from the colonial era until the late twentieth century.
This portrait appears to have descended directly in the family along with one identified as his wife, probably by the same artist. It has been restored and overpainted. Thomas Lee was also painted in England. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a white wig and a brown jacket and waistcoat.
