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Richard Henry Lee

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Richard Henry Lee

Signer of the Declaration of Independence


Who was Richard Henry Lee?

Richard Henry Lee was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, the first legislative body of elected officials in North America. Richard, along with his brother Francis Lightfoot Lee, were signatories of both the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence as representatives of Virginia. The Articles of Confederation was an agreement among the 13 American colonies that served as the first U.S. constitution until it was replaced by the current U.S. Constitution.

Famous Kin

Richard Henry Lee was a member of the famous Lee family which is among those families referred to as the First Families of Virginia. Famous members of this family include Henry Lee III, 9th Governor of Virginia, and Henry’s son Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He has a number of fellow signers of the Declaration of Independence in his family tree including his brother Francis Lightfoot Lee, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, Benjamin Harrison V, Thomas Nelson, Caesar Rodney, Robert Treat Paine, Roger Sherman, William Floyd, William Ellery, William Whipple, Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and Philip Livingston.

Richard Henry Lee’s ancestry can be traced back through direct descents from William the Conqueror, King Edward I, and a number of Magna Charta Sureties. Connections to the current royal family include Queen Elizabeth II, the late Princess Diana, and Catherine Middleton. His U.S. Presidential kin include, but is not limited to, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Benjamin Harrison, Rutherford B. Hayes, Grover Cleveland, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Barack Obama, and both Presidents Bush.

Celebrity kin of Richard Henry Lee include actor Edward Norton, singer and songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter, actor Brad Pitt, actress Katharine Hepburn, radio and TV host Dick Clark, actor Matt Damon, TV science guy Bill Nye, and actor Benedict Cumberbatch. Some of his historically significant kin include author and activist Helen Keller, polar explorer Admiral Richard Byrd, WWII General George S. Patton, boxing champion Muhammad Ali, explorer Meriwether Lewis, poet Robert Frost, artist Norman Rockwell and astronaut Alan Shepard.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Richard Henry Lee

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Henry Howard Sessions

Railroad Car Inventor

17th cousin 4 times removed
via Sir William de Ros

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Henry Howard Sessions

Railroad Car Inventor

10th cousin 7 times removed
via Sir Nicholas Harington

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Amber Stevens West

TV and Movie Actress

12th cousin 8 times removed
via John de Welles

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Amber Stevens West

TV and Movie Actress

11th cousin 9 times removed
via Sir Richard FitzAlan

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Amber Stevens West

TV and Movie Actress

13th cousin 7 times removed
via Sir Thomas de Beauchamp

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Amber Stevens West

TV and Movie Actress

10th cousin 6 times removed
via William Mainwaring

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Amber Stevens West

TV and Movie Actress

11th cousin 7 times removed
via Sir Robert Corbet

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Shadoe Stevens

Radio Disc Jockey

13th cousin 8 times removed
via Ralph de Stafford

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Shadoe Stevens

Radio Disc Jockey

13th cousin 8 times removed
via Margaret de Audley

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Shadoe Stevens

Radio Disc Jockey

17th cousin 4 times removed
via Sir Roger de Quincy

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Shadoe Stevens

Radio Disc Jockey

12th cousin 7 times removed
via John de Welles

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Shadoe Stevens

Radio Disc Jockey

11th cousin 8 times removed
via Sir Richard FitzAlan

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Shadoe Stevens

Radio Disc Jockey

13th cousin 6 times removed
via Sir Thomas de Beauchamp

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Shadoe Stevens

Radio Disc Jockey

10th cousin 5 times removed
via William Mainwaring

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Shadoe Stevens

Radio Disc Jockey

11th cousin 6 times removed
via Sir Robert Corbet

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Shadoe Stevens

Radio Disc Jockey

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir Richard FitzRoy

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Ben Ames Williams

Novelist and Short Story Author

14th cousin 7 times removed
via Isabella de Beauchamp

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Ben Ames Williams

Novelist and Short Story Author

15th cousin 6 times removed
via Sir Gilbert de Clare

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Ben Ames Williams

Novelist and Short Story Author

12th cousin 7 times removed
via Richard FitzAlan

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Ben Ames Williams

Novelist and Short Story Author

17th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir William de Ros

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Ben Ames Williams

Novelist and Short Story Author

7th cousin 4 times removed
via John Fowke

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John Lithgow

Stage, TV, and Movie Actor

13th cousin 8 times removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Angela Y. Davis

Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther

13th cousin 7 times removed
via Sir William de Ros

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Angela Y. Davis

Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther

12th cousin 9 times removed
via Richard FitzAlan

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Angela Y. Davis

Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther

11th cousin 8 times removed
via Sir Ralph Neville

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