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Ruth Moore Lee
Ruth Moore (later Viscountess Lee of Fareham) painted by Philip de László
Born
Ruth Moore

(1874-Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".-{{{day}}})Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., 1874
Brooklyn, New York
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Westminster, London, England
OccupationHeiress
Spouse
(m. 1872; died 1890)
RelativesFaith Moore (sister)

Ruth Moore Lee, Viscountess of Fareham (1974 – November, 1966) was an American heiress, philanthropist and patron of the arts.

Early life

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Moore was born in 1874 in Brooklyn. She was the daughter of New York banker John Godfrey Moore and Miriam Jane Aldrich.

Death, family

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Moore died in 1966,.

Ruth married Arthur Lee, a British military officer, later in 1899, just after her father's death. The couple had met in Kingston, Ontario, where Lee was a professor at the Royal Military College of Canada. With her inheritance, the Viscount was able to retire from the military in his early 30s, and start a very successful political career in Britain, being elected to the House of Commons in 1900. The couple later donated their country estate – Chequers – in 1917 to the British government for use in perpetuity by successive prime ministers. Lee became Viscount Lee of Fareham, a member of the House of Lords, and Ruth became a Viscountess until her death in 1965; the couple had no children.

Legacy

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