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Thomas Lee (1794—1834)
Thomas Lee may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Thomas Lee (1794–1834), English architect * Thomas Stirling Lee (1857–1916), English sculptor * Thomas Oboe Lee (born 1945), Chinese-American composer * Alias used by Walter Hill when directing the 2000 film Supernova. Business * Thomas Peter Lee (1871–1939), American co-founder and president of the Farmers Petroleum Company * Thomas H. Lee (businessman) (1944–2023), American pioneer in private equity and leveraged buyouts * Thomas H. Lee Partners, an American private equity firm * Thomas Lee (analyst) American financial analyst and businessman Politics United Kingdom * Thomas Lee (fl.1385-1404), MP for Shropshire in 1385 and 1390 * Thomas Lee (died 1391), MP for Hertfordshire in 1386 *Thomas Lee (fl. 1420s), MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1420 and 1427 * Thomas Lee (by 1492-?1539/44), MP for Winchester in 1539 * Thomas Lee (died 1545), MP for Hindon and Wilton * Thomas Lee (died 1556), MP for Thirsk * Thomas Lee (died 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lee (1794–1834)
Thomas Lee (Jnr) (1794 – 5 September 1834), the son of Thomas Lee of Barnstaple, Devon, was an English architect. He was educated at Barnstaple Grammar School and left to train briefly in 1810 at Sir John Soane's office, where his father no doubt placed him, but left for the office of David Laing. He was also admitted to the Royal Academy School in 1812 and won a Royal Academy silver medal in 1816, for a drawing of Lord Burlington's villa at Chiswick, and a gold medal from the Society of Arts, for a design for a British Senate House.The British Senate House design is conserved at the Royal Institute of British Architects library (Colvin) His first major work was the Wellington Monument, Somerset. Lee's further work was characterised as "eclectic" by Howard Colvin, who instanced the pared-down Soanean neoclassicism of Arlington Court, Devonshire (1820-23 for Col. J.P. Chichester), the Tudor Gothic Eggesford House, Devon (1822 for Hon. Newton Fellowes; now a ruin), sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banbury (UK Parliament Constituency)
Banbury, also informally known as Banbury and North Oxfordshire, is a constituency in Oxfordshire created in 1553 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Victoria Prentis of the Conservative Party. She currently serves as Attorney General for England and Wales. In terms of electorate, Banbury was the 16th largest constituency in the United Kingdom at the time of the 2015 general election. Constituency profile The constituency has relatively high economic dependence on agriculture, as well as modern industry (particularly motorsport), research and development, public services and, to a lesser extent, defence. It contains two large market towns, Banbury and Bicester, where the majority of the electorate live. It is a partly rural seat, with the northwest of the constituency on the edge of the Cotswolds. The area has experienced significant urban growth and is popular with commuters who favour its fast transport links to Birmingham, Oxford a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lee (clergyman)
Rev. Thomas Lee D.D. was a 19th-century academic administrator at the University of Oxford and clergyman. Lee graduated as a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford. He was president of Trinity College, Oxford, from 1808 to 1824. While president at Trinity College, Lee was also vice-chancellor of Oxford University from 1814 until 1818. The Allied sovereigns' visit to England occurred during June 1814 when Lee was vice-chancellor. Emperor Alexander I of Russia, King Frederick William III of Prussia, and Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher received honorary degrees during the visit to Oxford. Lee was also rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ... at Barton in Warwickshire. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Thomas Doctors of Divinity Year of birth miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lee (footballer)
Thomas Lee (born 1876) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half for Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Thomas 1876 births People from Alnwick Footballers from Northumberland English men's footballers Men's association football wing halves Alnwick Town A.F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Hebburn Argyle F.C. players Gateshead A.F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Ashington A.F.C. players English Football League players Year of death missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lee (South Carolina Judge)
Thomas Lee (December 1, 1769 – October 24, 1839) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. Education and career Born on December 1, 1769, in Charleston, Province of South Carolina, British America, Lee read law to enter the bar in 1790. He was in private practice in Charleston, South Carolina from 1790 to 1791. He was an associate judge on the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas in Charleston from 1791 to 1792. He was a solicitor for the Southern District of South Carolina from 1792 to 1794, and state solicitor general of South Carolina from 1794 to 1798. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1796 to 1804, and was the legal cashier of that body in 1798, and its clerk in 1798, 1800 in 1802. He was the state comptroller of South Carolina from 1804 to 1816. He was in private practice in Charleston from 1817 to 1823, briefly serving again in the South Carolina House of Representatives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lee (army Captain)
Thomas Lee (1551/2 – 14 February 1601) was an English army captain, who served under Queen Elizabeth I and spent most of his career in Ireland during the Tudor conquest of that country. Although of middle rank, he played a turbulent role in the factional politics of the time and was highly active during the Nine Years' War (1595–1603). He was put to death at Tyburn for his involvement in the treason of the 2nd Earl of Essex. Early life Thomas Lee was the grandson of Robert Lee (d.1539) by his second wife, Lettice Peniston, widow of Sir Robert Knollys, and daughter of Thomas Peniston of Hawridge, Buckinghamshire. His parents were Benedict Lee (d. February 1559) and Margaret Pakington, the daughter of Robert Pakington. By his first wife, Robert Lee was the father of Sir Anthony Lee, and Thomas Lee was thus a cousin of the half blood of Sir Anthony Lee's eldest son and heir, the courtier Sir Henry Lee, Queen Elizabeth's champion. Career Lee eventually became attache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Tung-hao
Lee Tung-hao (; born 7 October 1955) is a Taiwanese economist and politician also known by the name Thomas Lee. He has served as a member of the Legislative Yuan twice, from 2002 to 2005, and again between 2012 and 2016. Academic career Lee graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree in economics and later earned a doctorate in the subject from Ohio State University in the United States. Outside of politics, Lee has taught finance at National Chengchi University. Political career Lee was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2001 via the People First Party proportional representation party list. In 2004, he was named a defendant in two court cases, as Chen Che-nan and Chang Ching-fang separately charged Lee with libel. Later that year, Lee offered to resign his legislative seat, as PFP chairman James Soong attempted to join the body and engage President Chen Shui-bian in debate. After Lee's first term expired, he was nominated by the People First Party to j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lee (notary)
Thomas Lee (1783 – August 20, 1832) was a notary, merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born Thomas Lée in the town of Quebec in 1783, the son of merchant Jean-Thomas Lée, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. He articled as a notary, qualified to practice in 1805 and set up practice at Quebec. He owned a sawmill and linseed oil factory at Saint-Roch. He was co-owner of the print shop that produced the newspaper ''Le Canadien''. He served as a captain in the local militia but was removed from this post in 1827 by Governor Dalhousie at the request of his superior lieutenant-colonel Perrault. In 1808, he married Marie, the daughter of doctor John Conrad Just. Lee was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Northumberland in 1809 and was reelected in 1810 and 1814. He supported the parti canadien. He was elected for the Lower Town of Quebec in April 1820, then for the Upper Town of Quebec in an 1828 by-election held after the death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lee (New Jersey Politician)
Thomas Lee (November 28, 1780 – November 2, 1856) was an American Jacksonian Party politician who represented New Jersey at large in the United States House of Representatives for two terms from 1833 to 1837. Early life and career Lee was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 28, 1780. He resided in Chester Valley, Pennsylvania during his earlier years and attended the common schools. He moved to Leesburg, New Jersey (within Maurice River Township), about 1798 and to Port Elizabeth in 1805. He became a merchant, shipbuilder, and landowner. He was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1813 to 1815 and a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1814 and 1815. He was postmaster of Port Elizabeth from 1818 to 1833 and 1846–1849. U.S. House of Representatives Lee was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837, and was chairman of the Committee on Accounts in the Twenty-fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Sim Lee
Thomas Sim Lee (October 29, 1745 – November 9, 1819) was an American planter and statesman of Frederick County, Maryland. Although not a signatory to the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation or the U.S. Constitution, he was an important participant in the process of their creation. Thomas Sim Lee was the second State Governor of Maryland, serving twice, from 1779 to 1783 and again from 1792 to 1794. Thomas Sim Lee also served as a delegate of Maryland in the Congress of the Confederation in 1783 and was a member of the House of Delegates in 1787. He worked closely with many of the Founding fathers and himself played an important part in the birth of his state and the nation. Family Lee was born in 1745 in Upper Marlboro in the Province of Maryland. He was the son of Thomas (died 1749) and Christiana (Sim) Lee, a grandson of Philip Lee, and descended from the " Blenheim" Line of the Lee family of Virginia. Richard Lee I was his great-great-grandfat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ludwell Lee
Thomas Ludwell Lee, Sr. (December 13, 1730 – April 13, 1778) was a Virginia planter and politician who served in the House of Burgesses and later the Virginia Senate, and may be best known as one of the editors of the Virginia Declaration of Rights. Early life Lee was born on December 13, 1730, probably at Stratford Hall Plantation, Westmoreland County, Virginia to Thomas Lee and his wife Hannah Harrison Ludwell. Born into the First Families of Virginia (as described below), he was the couple's third son and the second to survive into adulthood. Although the couple's firstborn son died shortly after being christened "Richard Lee", in February 1727 Hannah Ludwell Lee bore Philip Ludwell Lee (1727-1775) and named him for her beloved father. The man later known as "Colonel Phil" would be the first of her sons to survive, and he returned to Virginia from England (where he had graduated from Eton and was studying law) upon his father's death in late 1750, in order to assume respo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lee (Virginia Colonist)
Col. Thomas Lee (–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. Lee became involved in politics in 1710 and became the resident manager of the Northern Neck Proprietary for Lady Catherine Fairfax. After his father died, Lee inherited land in Northumberland and Charles County. Lee later acquired vast holdings in what are now Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Prince William, and Loudoun Counties. These properties were developed as tobacco plantations. When Lee married Hannah Harrison Ludwell in 1722, he benefited by the connections of the already established Harrison family of Virginia. A year later he would become a member of the House of Burgesses. After Lee's home was burnt down by criminals, he lost almost all of his possessions and a fair sum of money. With donations received from Caroline of Ansbach and Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
