Colonel Robert Appleby Bartram, MC, TD,[1] DL (2 April 1894 – 1 June 1981) was a British soldier and shipbuilder.

Bartram served in the Scottish Horse during World War I in Gallipoli, Macedonia, and France.

In 1938, he took Command of his Regiment, the Scottish Horse, and was responsible for its mobilization at the start of the Second World War.

Retaining his close link to the Scottish Horse, he was the last Honorary Colonel to be appointed and served in this post from 29 May 1952[2] to its amalgamation 1956.

Bartram married Winifred Hannah Murray (1895–1985) at St Paul's, Haswell, County Durham (her native village) on 8 May 1924.