Chequers is a nationally owned country estate in England used by the British prime ministers. It is in the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, about 28 miles (45 kilometers) northwest of London. The present Tudor mansion with its surrounding land was given to the British nation by Lord Lee of Fareham in 1917. David Lloyd George was the first prime minister to use the mansion. Chequers gets its name from Elias de Scaccario, who was the first owner of the estate, in the 1100’s. Scaccario is a name based on the Italian word for exchequer.
