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Thomas Lee (clergyman)

Rev. Thomas Lee D.D. was a 19th-century academic administrator at the University of Oxford and clergyman.

Lee graduated as a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford. He was president of Trinity College, Oxford, from 1808 to 1824. While president at Trinity College, Lee was also vice-chancellor of Oxford University from 1814 until 1818.

The Allied sovereigns' visit to England occurred during June 1814 when Lee was vice-chancellor. Emperor Alexander I of Russia, King Frederick William III of Prussia, and Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher received honorary degrees during the visit to Oxford.

Lee was also rector at Barton in Warwickshire.

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