# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arthur-lee-1st-viscount-lee-of-fareham
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:38:19.701Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arthur-lee-1st-viscount-lee-of-fareham"
name: "Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham"
slug: "arthur-lee-1st-viscount-lee-of-fareham"
description: "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 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. He donated his country house, Chequers, to the nation as a retreat for the Prime Minister, and co-founded the Courtauld Institute of Art."
tagline: "British politician (1868-1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Viscount_Lee_of_Fareham.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1868-11-08"
deathDate: "1947-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.13
  momentum:             6.838565022421524
  historical:           5.720738666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lee%2C_1st_Viscount_Lee_of_Fareham"
    title: "Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Hamilton_Lee"
    title: "Arthur Hamilton Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lee%2C_1._Viscount_Lee_of_Fareham"
    title: "Arthur Lee, 1. Viscount Lee of Fareham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lee%2C_1%3Ae_viscount_Lee_av_Fareham"
    title: "Arthur Lee, 1:e viscount Lee av Fareham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lee_(1er_vicomte_Lee_de_Fareham)"
    title: "Arthur Lee (1er vicomte Lee de Fareham)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lee_(wicehrabia)"
    title: "Arthur Lee (wicehrabia)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4799475"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump