FitzRoy Henry Lee | |
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![]() Fitzroy Henry Lee, c. 1725 | |
Born | 2 January 1699 |
Died | 14 April 1750 | (aged 51)
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Years of service | 1717–1750 |
Rank | Vice-Admiral |
Commands | HMS Looe HMS Pearl HMS Falkland Newfoundland Station HMS Pembroke HMS Edinburgh HMS Suffolk Leeward Islands Station |
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Vice-Admiral Fitzroy Henry Lee (2 January 1699 – 14 April 1750) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as Commodore Governor of the Colony of Newfoundland.
Lee supposedly inspired the character "Hawser Trunnion" in Tobias Smollett's novel, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle.[1]