Sir Robert Lee (c. 1550 - 22 December 1606) was an English merchant who was

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in 1602. Lee was a city of London merchant and a member of the

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. On 18 December 1593, he was elected an alderman of the City of London for Dowgate ward. He was Sheriff of London from 1594 to 1595. He became alderman for Cordwainer ward from 1599 to 1602, and for Langbourn ward from 1602 to 1605. In 1602, he was elected

. He was knighted on 22 May 1603 Lee married a daughter of James Hawes (Lord Mayor), Sir James Hawes, alderman of the City of London in 1565,Alfred P Beaven.
Notes on the aldermen, 1502-1700," in The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912
(London: Corporation of the City of London, 1908), 168-195. British History Online, accessed 10 Apr 2019. and Lord Mayor in 1574. He was father of Sir Henry Lee, alderman in 1614 and father-in-law of William Gore. Following his death, his widow married

Sir Thomas Gerard, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Gerard, 1st Baronet (1560 – 16 February 1621) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1621. Gerard was the son of Sir Thomas Gerard, of Bryn Hall and his wife Elizabeth Port, da ...

of Bryn. 'Notes on the aldermen, 1502-1700', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 168-195. Date accessed: 15 July 2011
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Robert 1550s births Year of birth uncertain 1605 deaths English merchants Sheriffs of the City of London 17th-century lord mayors of London