Lee Steere (sometimes hyphenated as Lee-Steere), is the surname of several prominent Western Australians: The Lee Steere family were originally from Jayes, in Surrey, England.
[1][2] The family took the name Lee Steere in 1675 when John Steere (1649-1689[3]) married Fiducia Lee in Plastoe, Surrey.
[4] Members of the family continued to live in Jayes Park, Ockley.
One of the female descendants married Richard Witts and had a son named Lee Steere Witts, who later "assumed the name of Steere".
[7] Others were known simply as "Lee Steere" (including the 1848 High Sheriff of Surrey).