Robert Brindle DSO (4 November 1837 – 27 June 1916) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

During the Gordon Relief Expedition (1884–85), as an army chaplain he marched with the troops rather than riding with the officers; and handled an oar with the 1st Royal Irish Regiment as they rowed up the Nile.

[2] He was mentioned in Kitchener's dispatches for his services to the wounded during the Battle of Omdurman and "only some technical difficulty prevented his receiving a knighthood at the end of the campaign.

"[3] Sir Evelyn Wood said, "Father Brindle was doubtless the most popular man in the Expedition.

Her uncle King Edward VII suggested that she take instruction from former army chaplain Monsignor Brindle.