Edward George Robert Fairholme (7 November 1873 – 6 January 1956) was a British animal welfare campaigner and writer.

[3] Fairholme was a captain in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps in WWI.

His brother Lieutenant-Colonel Henry William Fairholme committed suicide in 1933.

[1] Fairholme was chief secretary of the RSPCA from 1908 to 1933, succeeding Gerard Lysley Derriman.

He was an advocate of humane slaughter, suggesting that stun guns should be used on cattle and poultry.