Robert Sanders (1727–1783), pseudonym Nathaniel Spencer, was a Scottish hack writer in London.
The son of Thomas Sanders, he was born at Breadalbane, Scotland, and was apprenticed to a comb-maker.
A begging letter of 1768 mentions a wife and five young children.
He haunted the London coffee-houses: the New England, St. Paul's, and New Slaughter's.
[1] Compilations by Sanders included:[1] He left a chronological work unfinished.