Richard Sims Donkin (27 August 1836 – 5 February 1919) was an English shipowner and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1900.
He married Hannah Dryden in Christ Church, Tynemouth in 1864.
He became a partner in Nelson, Donkin & Co steamship-owners of Newcastle on Tyne.
[2] Donkin lived at Albemarle, Wimbledon Common and died at the age of 82.
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