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Charles Lee

1731 - 1782

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Charles Lee (6 February 1732 [O.S. 26 January 1731] – 2 October 1782) was a British-born American army officer who served as a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He also served earlier in the British Army during the Seven Years War. He sold his commission after the Seven Years War and served for a time in the Polish army of King Stanislaus II Augustus. Lee moved to North America in 1773 and bought an estate in western Virginia. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Lee is the 394th most popular military personnel (up from 1,709th in 2019), the 892nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,171st in 2019) and the 20th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Charles Lee ranks 394 out of 2,058. Before her are Henry Maitland Wilson, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Erich Priebke, Jean-Andoche Junot, Laskarina Bouboulina, and Carl Spaatz. After her are Hermann Balck, Gustav Wagner, Gerhard Barkhorn, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, and Bonifacius.

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Among people born in 1731, Charles Lee ranks 4. Before her are Henry Cavendish, Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France, and Erasmus Darwin. After her are Martha Washington, William Aiton, Samuel Huntington, Marcello Bacciarelli, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, Maria Fortunata d'Este, Ove Høegh-Guldberg, and Gaetano Pugnani. Among people deceased in 1782, Charles Lee ranks 13. Before her are Pietro Metastasio, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Jacques de Vaucanson, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Anna Göldi, and Sophie of France. After her are Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Daniel Solander.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Lee ranks 892 out of 8,785. Before her are David McCallum (1933), Samuel Butler (1612), Eugen d'Albert (1864), John Henry Newman (1801), Kathleen Ferrier (1912), and Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660). After her are Bernard Hill (1944), William Stanley Jevons (1835), A. S. Neill (1883), Steve Harris (1956), Peter Finch (1916), and J. L. Austin (1911).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Charles Lee ranks 20. Before her are Rudolf Abel (1903), Jack Phillips (1887), Hugh Dowding (1882), Timothy Laurence (1955), Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), and Henry Maitland Wilson (1881). After her are Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891), Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738), Harold Bride (1890), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), John Franklin (1786), and William Bligh (1754).

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