Catalogue description Sir William Lee, 4th Baronet (1726-1799)

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Reference: D-LE/D
Title: Sir William Lee, 4th Baronet (1726-1799)
Related material:

See also: AR 56/76 - Pocket diary for 1796 (memos and accounts)
Held by: Buckinghamshire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Subjects:
  • Lee, Sir, William, 1726-1799, Baronet
Administrative / biographical background:

Second son of Sir Thomas Lee, 3rd Baronet from whom he inherited the Hartwell estate on the latter's death in 1749. His papers show him as a country squire whose principal interest was in the care of his estate. He was responsible for enlarging the mansion house and relaying the gardens and for rebuilding Hartwell parish church. He married, in 1763, Lady Elizabeth Harcourt, only daughter of Simon, Earl Harcourt.

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