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==Early life==
==Early life==
Fifth son and seventh of 11 children, Lee was born in 1732 along the Potomac shore at [[Stratford Hall]] to Colonel Thomas Lee and Hannah Harrison Ludwell Lee.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Benjamin_Franklin_and_His_Enemies/oa8wDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA151 Benjamin Franklin and His Enemies]</ref> His initial tutorial education was supplemented by extensive study at Wakefield Academy, in Yorkshire, England, and a tour of northern Europe. He sailed home about 1751 at the age of 19, the year after his father's death, and resided with his eldest brother Philip Ludwell Lee at Stratford. In 1757 Richard Henry married. About this time, he began building and soon occupied Chantilly, about 3 miles to the east on land leased from his brother. In 1768 Richard Henry's wife died, leaving four children; the next year, he remarried, a union that yielded five more offspring.
Fifth son and seventh of 11 children, Lee was born in 1732 along the Potomac shore at [[Stratford Hall]] to Colonel Thomas Lee and Hannah Harrison Ludwell Lee.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Benjamin_Franklin_and_His_Enemies/oa8wDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA151 Benjamin Franklin and His Enemies]</ref> His initial tutorial education was supplemented by extensive study at Wakefield Academy, in Yorkshire, England, and a tour of northern Europe. He sailed home about 1751 at the age of 19, the year after his father's death, and resided with his eldest brother Philip Ludwell Lee at Stratford. In 1757 Richard Henry married Anne Aylett.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lee_of_Virginia_1642_1892/LENZakk4sdcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA172 Lee of Virginia, 1642-1892]</ref> About this time, he began building and soon occupied Chantilly, about 3 miles to the east on land leased from his brother. In 1768 Richard Henry's first wife died, leaving four children; the next year, he remarried to Anne Pinckard,<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Signers/yWOFXE0sVrgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA18 The Signers]</ref> a union that yielded five more offspring.
===Politics===
===Politics===