Background
He was born at Windsor Castle on 21 May 1718, the son of George Henry Lee I, 2nd Earl of Lichfield and his wife, Frances Hales.
He was born at Windsor Castle on 21 May 1718, the son of George Henry Lee I, 2nd Earl of Lichfield and his wife, Frances Hales.
In the family tradition, he was educated at Street John"s College, Oxford.
He was made a Privy Councillor and Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms in 1762, holding both honors until death. From birth he was styled Viscount Quarendon. On 14 February 1732 he was made an Master of Arts of Oxford.
He went on to earn his Doctorate.C.L. of Oxford on 25 August 1743.
23 years later, on 19 August of the year 1760, Lichfield received the great position of High Steward of the University of Oxford. On 9 December 1760, he became Lord of the Bedchamber to King George III.
And on 12 July 1762, Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners. He joined the Privy Council on 14 July 1762.
He replaced George Huddesford as the Deputy Ranger of Hampton Court Park in July 1762.
Finally, on 23 September 1762, he assumed the role of Chancellor of the University of Oxford. From the Gentleman"s Magazine, XXXIII., p. 349:
"The graceful dignity, the polite condescension, the ne quid nimis ("Let there be nothing in Excess") of the Chancellor were universally admired" — 1763.
In brief, he earned his Doctorate.C.L. of Oxford degree on 27 September 1762.
Became a Vice-President of the Society of Arts. And a Deputy Lieutenant for Oxfordshire county on 17 October 1763.
In 1744 Charlotte had married the 11th Viscount Dillon. Their son Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon inherited the estate of Ditchley but not the title.
Ditchley remained the home of the Viscounts Dillon until 1934.
The title was created for a third time when Thomas Anson was created Earl of Lichfield in the 1831 coronation honors of William IV.
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Previously, he had served as Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire from 1740 until acceding to the peerage in 1743. In 1740 and from 1741 to 1742, he served as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for the county of Oxford, and in the next year, upon the death of his father on 15 February 1743, Viscount Quarendon became the 3rd Earl of Lichfield.