Robert Lee, 4th Earl of Lichfield

[1] He was one of the ten children and the youngest of the sons of Edward Henry Lee and his wife Charlotte FitzRoy.

Robert's mother was a natural daughter of Charles II and Barbara Villiers.

[13] Lee held the sinecure position of Custos Brevium of the Court of Common Pleas, in the royal gift.

[17] Lord Lichfield, as he now was, died childless on 4 November 1776,[18] falling off his horse while hunting near Ditchley.

[19] He was buried in the All Saints church in Spelsbury in an elaborate marble monument by William Tyler (architect).