Who is Robert E Lee's father?

Answer 1

Major General Henry Lee III, aka "Light Horse Harry", (1756–1818), who was a general in the American Revolution and Governor of Virginia.

Answer 2

Major General Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee and Anne Hill Carter
Lee's father was Revolutionary War hero "Light Horse Harry" Lee. As a member of the Second Continental Congress, the elder Lee had offered the Resolution that the colonies "are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states" which was adopted by the Continental Congress, and made it necessary that the Declaration of Independence be written. The elder Lee later left Congress and served with the Army, forming and leading a very effective light cavalry regiment, which inspired his nickname. After the Revolution he was chronically broke. He had some bad luck and made some poor financial decisions. He was in debtor's prison for a time, and had to leave the country for while. He lost the old family home, and his wife and children had to move in with relatives. During the War of 1812, he was badly beaten by a mob in Baltimore, which had somehow gotten the idea that despite his heroism in the Revolution, he was pro-British. Light Horse Harry never recovered from this beating. He traveled once more to the Caribbean, then in failing health, started home to die with his family. He never made it home. He had the ship's captain pull in and put him ashore on Amelia Island off the coast of Georgia, the home of his late former wartime comrade, General Nathaniel Greene. He was carried in to Greene's old home and died in an upstairs bedroom, after two weeks of agony. He was buried on the Island. The only time Robert ever got to visit his fathers grave was during the first year of the Civil War, when he was in charge of coastal defenses in the area.

Lee's mother was Anne Hill Carter Lee. She grew up on Shirley Plantation in Virginia, one of the most elegant homes in the state. Her ancestor, Lee's great great grandfather, was Robert "King" Carter, the richest man in the colonies when he died in 1732.

Robert was the fifth child of the couple.
Lee was born to Revolutionary War here hero and Virginia Governor Major General Henry Lee III (Light Horse Harry) and his second wife Anne Hill Carter.

Answer 3

Lee's father was really a sad case. He was not good with money. He went broke trying to promote a land development, but he was just ahead of his time. The land in question was right across the Potomac River from where Washington DC was created, just after he went broke.

At the time of the War of 1812, Lee helped a friend who was a newspaper editor in Baltimore. The mob in Baltimore had somehow gotten the idea that this editor was pro-British. Lee was in his office with him when the mob came, and suffered a fearful beating. He never recovered from this, eventually dying of the effects. He had lived long enough to travel to the Caribbean, hoping the warm island climate would help him, but realized he was dying. He boarded a ship for home, hoping to die with his family, but along the way realized he would not make it. He had the captain put in at Cumberland Island, off the coast of Georgia, where his old Revolutionary Army friend Nathaniel Greene had lived. Lee was carried into Greene's old home (Greene was already dead) and into an upstairs room, where he died a week or two later. He is buried on the island. Lee only got to visit his father's grave once.

Answer 4

'Light Horse' Harry Lee, hero of the Revolution.

Answer 5

Major General Henry Lee III, aka "Light Horse Harry", (1756–1818), who was a general in the American Revolution and Governor of Virginia.

Answer 6

Robert E. Lee was the son of the American Revolutionary war hero 'Light Horse' Harry Lee of Virginia.