Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Baronet (26 May 1635 – 19 February 1691 ) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  from 1660 to 1685 and from 1689 to 1691.

Lee was the son of Thomas Lee of Hartwell and his wife Elizabeth Croke, daughter of Sir George Croke. After the death of his father, Lee's mother re-married to Sir Richard Ingoldsby

Richard Ingoldsby

Colonel Sir Richard Ingoldsby was an English officer in the New Model Army during the English Civil War and a politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1647 and 1685...

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In 1660, Lee was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Aylesbury

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 in the Convention Parliament together with his step-father. He was created baronet

Lee Baronets

- Lee Baronets, of Quarendon, Buckinghamshire :This branch of the family owned Ditchley House, current home of the Ditchley Foundation. The last male heir of the Lees of Quarendon, was the 4th Earl of Lichfield Robert Lee, a grandson of Charles II...

 of Hartwell in 1661. He was re-elected MP for Aylesbury in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament

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 and held the seat until 1685. In 1689 he was elected MP for Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He was re-elected MP for Aylesbury in 1690 and held the seat until his death the following year aged 55. He was "much admired for his elegant speeches in the house of commons, where he was a leader in the debates."

Lee married Anne Davis, daughter of Sir John Davis of Pangborne, Berkshire. They had three sons of whom the eldest Thomas

Sir Thomas Lee, 2nd Baronet

Sir Thomas Lee, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1689 to 1699.Lee was the son of Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Baronet of Hartwell and his wife Anne Davis, daughter of Sir John Davis of Pangborne, Berkshire.In 1689, Lee was elected Member of Parliament for...

succeeded to the baronetcy and was also an MP.