Sir Frederick Richard Saunders, KCMG (7 July 1838 – 30 March 1910) was the Treasurer of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) (1890–1897), Commissioner of Stamps, a member of the Executive and Legislative Councils, and the second British colonial Inspector General of Police of British Ceylon from 1872 to 1873. Frederick Richard Saunders was born in Colombo, Ceylon on 7 July 1838, the first son and second child of Frederick Saunders (1804–1870) (the Postmaster General of Ceylon (1839–1861) and then Treasurer of Ceylon (1861–1865)) and Louisa Matilda née Tucker (1814–1895).