Frederic Richard Lees (15 March 1815 – 29 May 1897) was an English activist and writer.

Frederic Richard Lees was born in Meanwood, near Leeds.

[2] Lees also edited the Truth-Seeker from 1844 to 1850, the Teetotal Topic, in 1847, and the Temperance Spectator, in 1859.

[2] Lees obtained an honorary doctorate from University of Giessen for his writings against Owenism.

[2] Lees married Mercy Joanna Jowett on 22 October 1838 at St Peter's Church in Leeds and they had two children; she died in 1870.