William Lee

LEE, William (1795–18 ). Son of William Lee of Anstey House, Alton, Hampshire. Educated at Eton College, and St John's College (Cambridge) scholar; BA 1816; MA 1819; Fellow at St. John's 1817-23. Admitted at Lincoln's Inn, 1822. Lived latterly in Paris. "The Progress of Astronomy: An essay in verse"; by William Lee. Revised and enlarged ed. London. Rivingtons. 1860. 150 pp. OXB

Lee, William. Adm. pens. (age 17½) at ST JOHN'S, Apr. 20, 1812. [Only] s. of W. [William], Esq., of [Anstey House, Alton], Hants. [B. Jan. 15, 1795.] School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1812; Scholar, 1812; B.A. (13th Wrangler) 1816; M.A. 1819. Fellow, 1817-23. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Jan. 26, 1822. Married, Aug. 5, 1822, at St Peter and St Paul, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire. Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. Charles Knightley. Living in Paris in 1864. (Inns of Court; Eton School Lists; G. Mag., 1822, II. 272.)

1841 England Census: Alton, Hampshire - Ann Lee, aged 70; William Lee, aged 45; Elizabeth Lee, aged 50.

1851 England Census, St. George, Hanover Square: William Lee, aged 56, fundholder, born Alton, marital status - note unreadable; Mary Coulthard, sister, aged 50; James Coulthard, brother-in-law, aged 68; Robert Hart, aged 23, unmarried, occupation - attendant on insane; three house servants.