Robert Francis Hird OBE (1873 – 2 November 1937) was a journalist, author and lover of politician, sculptor and writer Lord Ronald Gower (1845–1916).

In February 1898, Hird was the Rome correspondent for the Morning Post, a position he had obtained through Gower's friend, Dunn, editor of the journal.

[5][dubious – discuss] Later in life Gower bought Hammerfield, a large Victorian house at Penshurst, Kent.

Ernest Shackleton sued him, and Hird promised to Sir Arthur Vicars, who was investigating the theft of the Irish Crown Jewels, "revelations... unless E.S.

[5] On 15 November 1914, Hird organized a concert at the Pump Room on The Pantiles, in Tunbridge Wells, for the Belgian Colony who lived there.

Nearly 600 people, mostly Belgians, attended and the Kent & Sussex Courier described it as "a gathering unique in the history of the town".