Sir Richard Lee (died 22 December 1608) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two parliaments between 1593 and 1608 and served as Ambassador to Russia.
His first marriage to the widow of Sir Gerald Croker of Hook Norton led to prolonged legal proceedings over the inheritance of two manors.
He was knighted on 1 June 1600 and set sail by mid-June as ambassador to Russia, with ten ships and nearly fifty men.
Not only did the hoped trade fail to materialise, but Lee was refused payment for expenses and he was in financial difficulty for the rest of his life.
In 1602 he attended the opening of the Bodleian Library at Oxford which was founded by his friend Sir Thomas Bodley and donated some Russian books.