Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham was an English soldier, diplomat, politician, philanthropist and patron of the arts. After military postings and an assignment to the British Embassy i
Lee in 1903
Lee's former residence in Washington, D.C.
Lee's Chequers estate 1909-1921
First Lord of the Admiralty
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First Lord of the Admiralty, formally the Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty, was the title of the political head of the Naval Service from 1628 to 1964, when the Admiralty, Air Ministry, Minis
Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham
…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. He donated his country house, Chequers, to the nation as a retreat for the Prime Minister, and co-founded the Courtauld…
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