Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham

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Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham, GCB, GBE, GCSI (1868 – 1947) was a British soldier, diplomat, politician and administrator serving in Canada and the USA. His wife Ruth was the daughter of a New York banker, and the couple were prominent in New England society.

Lee was the owner of the Buckinghamshire estate Chequers, which he and his wife later gave in trust to be used as official residence and retreat of British Prime Ministers.

With Samuel Courtauld, he was also a founder of the Courtauld Institute of Art, which started as a teaching school and is now the holder of a world-class art collection, including several works collected by Lee himself.

Lee was Member of Parliament for Fareham, Hampshire 1900-1918. He was created Baron Lee of Fareham, of Chequers in the County of Buckingham, in 1918, and Viscount Lee of Fareham, of Bridport in the County of Dorset, in 1922.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Frederick Wellington John Fitzwygram	Member of Parliament for Fareham 1900–1918	Succeeded by Sir John Humphrey Davidson
Political offices
Preceded by Rowland Edmund Prothero	Minster of Agriculture and Fisheries 1919–1921	Succeeded by Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
Preceded by Walter Long	First Lord of the Admiralty 1921–1922	Succeeded by Leopold Stennett Amery