Henry Austin Lee

Sir Henry Austin Lee, KCMG, CB (1847 − 7 November 1918) was a British diplomat, governor and landowner. He was counselor of embassy, commercial attache for France, Belgium, and Switzerland.[1][2] He was a tenant of the Channel Island of Jethou from 1890 until his death; he was succeeded as tenant of Jethou by Compton Mackenzie.[3] He married Madeleine de Wolf Smith in 1892.

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1892 New Year Honours, and appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the November 1902 Birthday Honours list.[4][5]

References
  1. Adams, Henry; Levenson, J. C.; Samuels, Ernest (1989). 1906-1918. Harvard University Press. p. 421. ISBN 978-0-674-52686-0.
  2. Canada. Parliament. House of Commons (1908). Debates: official report. Queen's Printer. p. 379.
  3. Faith Compton Mackenzie (1940). More than I should. Collins.
  4. "Birthday Honours". The Times (36921). London. 10 November 1902. p. 10.
  5. "No. 27493". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 November 1902. pp. 7161–7163.


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