Henry Washington Lee (July 29, 1815 – September 26, 1874) was a 19th-century bishop in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

[4] Lee was the 61st Episcopal bishop consecrated in the United States, and represented the Evangelical wing of the church.

Before Lee arrived in Iowa he visited several large and wealthy churches on the east coast and solicited necessary funds for his new diocese.

[5] He invested the money he had obtained from donors in the eastern United States by purchasing 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) of land.

With the sale of this land over time he was able to build an episcopal residence and start Griswold College in Davenport.

[2] Lee was bishop during the American Civil War (1861–1865) and he refused to make a public statement or even discuss the matter in private.

Through an interpreter he also preached to members of the Dakota Tribe who were held prisoner in Davenport following the New Ulm Uprising in Minnesota.