Politicians
- Robert atte Lee, MP for Reading in 1386
- Robert Lee (died 1598), MP for Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)
- Robert Lee, 4th Earl of Lichfield (1706–1776), British peer and politician
- Robert Lee (Canadian politician) (1862–1925), mayor of Edmonton, Alberta
- Robert Emmett Lee (1868–1916), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Robert Quincy Lee (1869–1930), U.S. Representative from Texas
- Robert Lee (Lord Mayor) (died 1605), English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London in 1602
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