Frederick Samuel Baines (1858–1939) was an Anglican bishop.
He was educated at Winchester and University College, Oxford,[1] and ordained in 1882.[2] His first post was as Curate at Holy Trinity, Leeds,[3] after which he was Vicar of St Cuthbert, Hunslet.[4] Later he was Archdeacon of Durban and then Secretary of the Council for Service Abroad. In 1901 he was elevated to the episcopate as Bishop of Natal[5] and served the diocese for twenty-eight years. He died in office on 17 November 1939.[6]
Baines founded Cordwalles Preparatory School in 1912.