George Henry Lee II, 3rd Earl of Lichfield PC was a British politician and peer. He was made a Privy Councillor and Captain of the GentlemenatArms in 1762, holding both honors until death. Previously, he had served as Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire from 1740 until acceding to the peerage in 1743.
He was born at Windsor Castle onMay 1718, the son of George Henry Lee I, 2nd Earl of Lichfield and his wife, Frances Hales. From birth he was styled Viscount Quarendon. In the family tradition, he was educated at St Johns College, Oxford. OnFebruary 1732 he was made an M.A. of Oxford. In 1740 and from 1741 to 1742, he served as Member of Parliament for the county of Oxford, and in the next year, upon the death of his father onFebruary 1743, Viscount Quarendon became the 3rd Earl of Lichfield.
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