Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Edward Brooke Lee (1892-1984)
MSA SC 1350-1576

Biography:

Born in "Blair House," Washington, D.C., October 23, 1892.  Son of Blair Lee and wife Anne Clymer (Brooke) Lee.  Attended public and private schools; Pomfert School, Pomfert Center, Connecticut, graduated 1912; Princeton University, 1916; George Washington University Law School, LL.B., 1917.  Episcopalian.  Married (1) Elizabeth Somerville Wilson, 1914; children:  Blair Lee III, Edward Brooke Lee, Jr., Elizabeth Somerville Lee (2) Thelma LouEllen Lawson Crawford; (3) Nina G. Jones.  Died in Damascus, Montgomery County, September 21, 1984.  Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

Enlisted in U.S. Army, Maryland Infantry, 1912; served in France during World War I, 1917-18; achieved the rank of major; received the Distinguished Service Cross; twice received the French Croix de Guerre; received the Belgian Order of Leopold; discharged from active duty, June, 1918; became a colonel in the Maryland National Guard, c. 1940.  Comptroller of the State of Maryland, 1919-1922.  Campaigner for and supporter of Governor Albert C. Ritchie.  Co-founder and treasurer, United Democratic Clubs of Montgomery County, 1921.  Secretary and Treasurer, Silver Spring Building Supply Company, 1922.  Secretary of State, 1923-25.  House of Delegates, Montgomery County, 1927-30; Speaker of the House of Delegates, 1927-30.  Appointed by Governor  Ritchie to Committee on Public Works, 1933.  State Roads Commissioner, 1934.  Founder, the Maryland News. Co-founder, Maryland National Parks and Planning Commission and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.  Founder, North Washington Realty Company, 1920s.  Breeder of Polled Hereford beef cattle; first member, Polled Hereford Hall of Fame, Kansas City, 1960.  President and chief executive officer, Lee Development Group (included HBL Properties, Georgia Avenue Properties, Broke Lee Family, Inc., and the Baltimore Livestock Exchange).  Retired, 1981.

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