Fretcheville Lawson Ballantine Dykes (12 December 1800 – 26 November 1866[1]) was a British politician.
The son of Joseph Dykes Ballantine, Fretcheville was born with the surname Ballantine, but added "Dykes" later in life.
[2] He studied at Oriel College, Oxford, and graduated in 1822.
He supported the provisions of the Reform Act 1832 and further reforms, such as voting by ballot, Parliaments being limited to a three-year term, the repeal of the window tax and the Corn Law, and the removal of bishops from the House of Lords.
[2] Dykes was re-elected at the 1835 UK general election, but stood down soon afterwards, by being appointed to the Chiltern Hundreds.