Rear Admiral Rodney Burnett Lees, CVO (born 31 December 1944) is a former senior Royal Navy officer who served as Defence Services Secretary from 1998 to 2001.

Educated at Charterhouse School, Lees joined the Royal Navy in 1962.

[1] He decided to undertake legal training from 1974 and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1976.

[1] He became Legal Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command in 1977, Deputy Chief Supply Officer (Pay) at the Ministry of Defence in 1980 and Supply Officer for the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in 1982.

[2] In 1969 he married Rosemary Elizabeth Blake; they had two sons.