Richard Lee was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1648.
Lee was from a family of Rochester and in 1621 became one of the bridge wardens of Rochester Bridge, a post he held until 1653.
[1] In April 1640, Lee was elected Member of Parliament for Rochester for the Short Parliament.
He was re-elected MP for Rochester in November 1640 for the Long Parliament where he sat until he was excluded under Pride's Purge in 1648.
[2] Lee was mayor of Rochester in 1643 when he was also appointed a commissioner for Kent to oversee the speedy raising and levying of money for the relief of the Commonwealth.