Henry Austin Lee


Sir Henry Austin Lee, was a British diplomat, governor and landowner. He was counselor of embassy, commercial attache for France, Belgium, and Switzerland. 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. He married Madeleine de Wolf Smith in 1892.
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1892 New Year Honours, and appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in the November 1902 Birthday Honours list.