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     Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st and last Viscount Lee of Fareham was born on 8 November 1868.¹ He was the son of Reverend Melville Lauriston Lee and Emily Winter Dicker.¹ He married Ruth Moore, daughter of J. G. Moore, on 23 December 1899.¹ He died on 21 July 1947 at age 78, without issue.¹
     He was educated at Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Kent, England^G.¹ He was commissioned in 1888, in the service of the Royal Artillery.¹ He was Professor of Strategy and Tactics between 1893 and 1898 at Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada^G.¹ Between 1894 and 1896 he organised a Military Survey of the Canadian Frontier.¹ He fought in the Spanish-American War in 1898, as a British Military Attaché.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in 1898.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1899.¹ He was Military Attaché to Washington in 1899.¹ He retired from the military in 1900, with the rank of Major.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Hampshire, Fareham Division between 1900 and 1918.¹ He held the office of a Lord of the Admiralty between 1903 and 1905.¹ He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1915, where he was mentioned in despatches twice.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in 1916.¹ He was Director-General of Food Production between 1917 and 1918.¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the British Empire (G.B.E.) in 1918.¹ He was created 1st Baron Lee of Fareham, of Chequers, co. Buckingham [U.K.] on 9 July 1918.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1919.¹ He held the office of Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries between 1919 and 1921.¹ In 1920 he gave the estate of Chequers to the nation as residence for the Prime Minister.¹ He held the office of First Lord of the Admiralty between 1921 and 1922.¹ He was created 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham, of Bridport, co. Dorset [U.K.] on 28 November 1922.¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Commander, Order of the Star of India (G.C.S.I.) in 1925.¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.) in 1929.¹ He was appointed Knight of Justice, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (K.J.St.J.)¹ On his death, his titles became extinct.¹

     Reverend Melville Lauriston Lee married Emily Winter Dicker, daughter of Thomas Dicker.¹ He died in 1870.¹
     He was the Rector at Bridport, Dorset, England^G.¹

     Emily Winter Dicker was the daughter of Thomas Dicker.¹ She married Reverend Melville Lauriston Lee.¹ She died on 2 September 1918.¹
     Her married name became Lee.¹

     Thomas Dicker lived at Lewes, Sussex, England^G.¹

     Ruth Moore is the daughter of J. G. Moore.¹ She married Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st and last Viscount Lee of Fareham, son of Reverend Melville Lauriston Lee and Emily Winter Dicker, on 23 December 1899.¹
     She was appointed Dame of Grace, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (D.G.St.J.)¹ From 23 December 1899, her married name became Lee.¹ After her marriage, Ruth Moore was styled as Baroness Lee of Fareham on 9 July 1918. After her marriage, Ruth Moore was styled as Viscountess Lee of Fareham on 28 November 1922.

     J. G. Moore lived at New York, U.S.A.^G.¹

     Margaret Belayse was the daughter of Thomas Belasyse, 1st Viscount Fauconberg of Henknowle and Barbara Cholmley.¹ She married Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Bt., son of Sir Hewett Osborne and Joyce Fleetwood, in 1618.¹ She died on 7 November 1624.¹
     From 1618, her married name became Osborne.¹

     Richard Osborne was born in 1488.² He married Elizabeth Flydane.²

     Edward Osborne was the son of Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Bt. and Margaret Belayse.¹ He died in 1638, killed by a fall of chimneys at his house.¹

     William Middleton married Anne Walmesley, daughter of Thomas Walmesley and Eleanor Danvers.¹