Back Arthur Hamilton Lee Czech Arthur Lee, 1. Viscount Lee of Fareham German Arthur Lee (1er vicomte Lee de Fareham) French Arthur Lee (1. wicehrabia Lee of Fareham) Polish Arthur Lee, 1:e viscount Lee av Fareham Swedish
The Viscount Lee of Fareham | |
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 Lord Lee of Fareham, 1903. | |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | |
| In office 13 February 1921 – 31 October 1922 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George Bonar Law |
| Preceded by | Walter Long |
| Succeeded by | Leo Amery |
| Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | |
| In office 15 August 1919 – 13 February 1921 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Rowland Edmund Prothero |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Griffith-Boscawen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arthur Hamilton Lee 8 November 1868 Bridport, Dorset, England |
| Died | 21 July 1947 (aged 78) Avening, Gloucestershire, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Ruth Moore Lee |
| Education | Cheltenham College Royal Military Academy, Woolwich |
| Occupation | Politician, statesman and public servant, soldier, philanthropist and patron of the arts. |
Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham (8 November 1868 – 21 July 1947) was an English soldier, diplomat, politician, philanthropist and patron of the arts. After military postings and an assignment to the British Embassy in Washington, he retired from the military in 1900. He entered politics, was first elected in 1900, and later served as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and First Lord of the Admiralty following the First World War.[1] He donated his country house, Chequers, to the nation as a retreat for the Prime Minister, and co-founded the Courtauld Institute of Art.