LEE, Richard Nelson (younger son of lieut.-col. Richard Lee). b. Kew 8 Jany. 1806; first acted in The Miller and his Man, at private theatre, Rawstorne st. Islington; played as an amateur at Deptford, then in ‘utility’ business at Royalty theatre; acted with John Richardson the showman 1821; went on tour in 1821 with Gyngell the conjuror who d. 1833; performed as a juggler at Adelphi and other London theatres 1822; played at Surrey theatre, opening as harlequin, under Elliston 7 years from 24 June 1827; wrote the pantomimes 1831–3 and played harlequin at Adelphi theatre 1834–36; managed Sadler’s Wells theatre for F. Osbaldiston 1836; proprietor with John Johnson of ‘Richardson’s Show’ Oct. 1836, they promoted and organised the fair in Hyde Park on the Queen’s coronation 28 June 1838; they purchased Julius Haydon’s portable theatre Oct. 1838; ‘Richardson’s Show’ was burnt in a field at Dartford 1845 causing a loss of £1700, they began business with a new theatre 1847; they appeared at Greenwich fair for the last time 1852; ‘Richardson’s Show’ was sold by auction at Horsemonger lane, Borough 1853, when the property was completely dispersed; manager with J. Johnson of the Marylebone, of Pavilion, of Standard 1845, of City of London 1849–63, sole lessee of City of London 3 Oct. 1863 to 1868 when he sold it to Great Eastern railway co. for £6000; author of The life of a fairy illustrated by Alfred Crowquill 1850; wrote 209 pantomimes, all of which were played. d. Shrubland road, Dalston 2 Jany. 1872. bur. Abney park cemetery 5 Jany. T. Frost’s The Old Showman (1874) 247, 254, 320, 346–58; The Mask (1868) 21, portrait; Illust. Sporting News, v 420 (1866), portrait.
Note.—His father lieut.-col. Lee was on duty at Nelson’s funeral in St. Paul’s cathedral 9 Jany. 1806, this was probably Richard Lee who died in India about 1811. The certificate of R. N. Lee’s baptism could not be obtained as the registers from 1791 to 1845 were stolen out of Kew church some years ago and have never been recovered. The inscription on his tombstone in Abney Park cemetery is, To the memory of Nelson Lee who departed this life January 2nd 1872 aged 65, also of Amelia Lee his beloved wife who departed this life December 30th 1870 aged 53, also of Theresa Kate Lee youngest daughter of the above who departed this life September 28th 1870 aged 17.
LEE, Robert. b. Tweedmouth, Northumberland 11 Nov. 1804; ed. at Berwick-on-Tweed gr. sch. and St. Andrew’s univ. 1824–34, D.D. 1844; minister of St. Vigean’s presbyterian chapel of ease at Arbroath, Forfarshire 1833, removed to parish of Campsie, Stirlingshire 1836; minister of church and parish of Old Greyfriars, Edinburgh 29 Aug. 1843 to death, his church was burnt down 19 Jany. 1845, preached in the Assembly Hall until 14 June 1857 when restored church opened, introduced stained glass into some of the windows 1857 and the first organ used in national church 22 April 1865; professor of biblical criticism and antiquities in univ. of Edinb., dean of chapel royal Holyrood and royal chaplain 17 Dec. 1846 to death; censured by the presbytery 14 March 1866 and by the synod 7 May for celebrating a marriage in his church 6 Dec. 1865; Isabella Carrick his widow was granted a civil list pension of £100, 17 Nov. 1868; author of A handbook of devotion 1845; The Holy Bible with about 60,000 marginal references and various readings 1854; Prayers for public worship 2 ed. 1858; Prayers for family worship 1861, 3 ed. 1884; The family and its duties 1863; The reform of the church of Scotland in worship, government and doctrine. Part 1 Worship 1864. d. Torquay 12 March 1868. bur. Grange cemetery, Edinb. 20 March. R. H. Story’s Life of R. Lee, D.D. 2 vols. (1870), portrait; Grant’s Story of Univ. of Edinb. ii 461–64 (1884).
LEE, Robert (2 son of John Lee of Melrose, Roxburghshire). b. Melrose 1793; entered univ. of Edinb. 1806, M.D. 1814; L.R.C.P. 1823, F.R.C.P. 1841, Lumleian lecturer 1856–7, Croonian lecturer 1862, Harveian orator 1864; physician to Prince Woronzow governor general of the Crimea, Oct. 1824 to Dec. 1826; obstetric phys. in London 1826–75; phys. to British lying-in hospital 1827; lecturer on midwifery in the Webb st. school 1829; F.R.S. 25 March 1830; sec. to Royal med. and chir. soc. 1830–5; regius professor of midwifery, univ. of Glasgow 1834, but resigned it after delivering his introductory address; lecturer on midwifery at St. George’s hospital 1835–66; author of On the structure of the human placenta and its connection with the uterus 1832; Clinical Midwifery 1842, 2 ed. 1848; The last days of Alexander and the first days of Nicholas, emperors of Russia 1854; Three hundred consultations in midwifery 1864; A treatise on hysteria 1871. d. 15 The Avenue, Surbiton Hill, Surrey 6 Feb. 1877. bur. Kensal Green cemet. R. Lee’s Memoirs on the Ganglia and nerves of the uterus (1849); Munk’s College of physicians, iii 266–9 (1878); Lancet, i 332–7 (1851), portrait.
LEE, Robert (7 son of John Lee 1779–1859). b. Edinburgh 1830; ed. at academy and univ. of Edinb.; member of Faculty of advocates 1853; procurator for Ch. of Scotland 1869; sheriff of Stirling and Dumbarton 1875; sheriff of Perthshire 1877; judge of second division of the court of session, Edinb., with title of Lord Lee, April 1880 to death. d. 12 Rothesay place, Edinburgh 11 Oct. 1890.
LEE, Samuel. b. Longnor near Shrewsbury 14 May 1783; apprenticed to a carpenter at Shrewsbury 1795; taught himself Greek and Hebrew; teacher in Bowdler’s foundation school, Shrewsbury; entered Queen’s coll. Camb. 1813, B.A. 1818, M.A. 1819, B.D. 1827, D.D. 1833; D.D. Halle 1822; professor of Arabic in univ. of Camb. 11 March 1819–31, regius professor of Hebrew 1831–48; chaplain of Cambridge gaol 1823; R. of Bilton with Harrogate, Yorkshire 1825–31; preb. of Bristol cathedral 5 July 1831 to death; V. of Banwell, Somerset 1831–8; R. of Barley, Herts. 1838 to death; a profound linguist, knew about 20 languages; author of A grammar of the Hebrew language 1827; A brief enquiry into the question whether a christian can object to pay tithes. Bristol 1832; The duties of observing the christian sabbath 1833, 2 ed. 1834; Dissent unscriptural and unjustiable 1834; A lexicon Hebrew, Chaldee and English 1840; The doctrine of the keys 1846; An enquiry into the nature, progress and end of prophecy 1849. d. Barley rectory 16 Dec. 1852, portrait by Richard Evans in public newsroom, Shrewsbury. Jerdan’s National portrait gallery, vol. 5 (1834), portrait; W. C. Taylor’s National portrait gallery, i 52 (1846), portrait; G.M. xxxix 203–7 (1853).
LEE, Samuel. King of the gipsy tribe of the Lees. d. Little Baddow hill, Essex 23 Sep. 1859 aged 86. bur. Little Baddow ch. yard 27 Sep. when 16 gipsies attended the funeral.
LEE, Samuel (2 son of John Lee of Whitchurch, Salop). b. 1837; ed. Christ’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1860, M.A. 1866; barrister L.I. 26 Jany. 1872; member of board of examiners to Inns of Court 1877–8 and 1881–3; member of Athenæum club; author of The works of Virgil rendered into English prose, with introductions. Globe edition 1871; author with J. Lonsdale of The works of Horace rendered into English prose 1873. d. 8 Tavistock place, Tavistock sq. London 14 April 1892.
LEE, Sarah (only dau. of John Eglinton Wallis of Colchester). b. Colchester 10 Sep. 1791. m. (1) 1813 Thomas Edward Bowdich, naturalist, travelled with him in Africa 1815 and 1823, he d. Bathurst on the Gambia river 10 Jany. 1824; she m. (2) about Oct. 1829 Robert Lee; studied Cuvier’s collections in Paris 1818–22; termed herself a member of the Wetteravian society; granted civil list pension of £50, 20 April 1854; author of The Freshwater fishes of Great Britain 1828, 12 parts, only four perfect copies are known, the plates of fish by herself are exquisitely done; Memoirs of Baron Cuvier 1833; Adventures in Australia 1851, many editions; Anecdotes of the habits and instincts of animals 1852; Sir Thomas or the adventures of a Cornish baronet 1856; she also edited and contributed to many works by her husband T. E. Bowdich. d. at her daughter’s residence, Erith, Kent 22 Sep. 1856. Literary Gazette 11 Oct. 1856 p. 784; G.M. Nov. 1856 pp. 653–4.
LEE, Smyth. b. Devonport 1838; clerk in the stamp office, Devonport; reporter on Western Daily Mercury, then on Western Morning News; correspondent of The Era; on staff of Illustrated Sporting News 15 March 1862 to death; wrote ‘Tom’s Wife’ acted at the Surrey theatre, and ‘Great Sensation’ acted at Sadler’s Wells. d. Tottenham court road, London 3 Feb. 1866. bur. Finchley 7 Feb. Illust. Sporting News, v 78, 152 (1866), portrait.