Cromwell Lee

Cromwell Lee (died 1601) was the son of Sir Anthony, and a younger brother of Elizabeth I's champion, Sir Henry Lee. He was the compiler of an Italian-English dictionary. Family Cromwell Lee was the youngest son of Sir Anthony Lee and Margaret Wyatt, sister of the poet Sir Thomas Wyatt. He had three brothers and five sisters. He also had two illegitimate half-brothers who were born before his father's second marriage to their mother, Anne Hassall. For details concerning his siblings, see the article on his father, Sir Anthony Lee. Career His father is thought to have been in the service of Thomas Cromwell by 1532, and had an active career at court and in local government in Buckinghamshire. His eldest brother, Sir Henry Lee, was a prominent courtier and Elizabeth I's champion. In about 1572 Cromwell Lee matriculated at St John's College, Oxford, but left without taking a degree. He travelled in Italy for some years.