Editing Richard Henry Lee (section)

==Early life and education==
Lee was born in [[Westmoreland County, Virginia]], to Colonel [[Thomas Lee (Virginia colonist)|Thomas Lee]] and [[Hannah Harrison Ludwell Lee]] on January 20, 1732. He came from a line of military officers, diplomats, and legislators. His father served on the Governor's council and briefly as an interim governor of Virginia before his death in 1750. Lee spent most of his early life in Stratford, Virginia, at [[Stratford Hall (plantation)|Stratford Hall]]. Here he was tutored and taught a variety of skills. To develop his political career, his father sent him around to neighboring planters with the intention for Lee to become associated with neighboring men of like prominence. In 1748, at 16, Lee left Virginia for Yorkshire, England, to complete his formal education at [[Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield]].  Both of his parents died in 1750. In 1753, after touring Europe, he returned to Virginia to help his brothers settle the estate his parents had left behind.<ref>McGaughy, J. K. Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794). (March 18, 2014). In Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved from https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/lee-richard-henry-1732-1794/  Lee Richard Henry 1732–1794
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