General Robert Bruce of Glendouglie (3 December 1821 – 14 October 1891) was a British Army officer who became colonel of the Queen's Royal Regiment.

Robert Bruce was born in 1821 in Nord, France, the third son of John Bruce Bruce-Pryce (born John Bruce Knight, later Bruce-Pryce; 1784–1872), a Royal Navy agent and banker; and his first wife, Sarah Ann Austin (1788–1842), daughter of Rev.

He was of Scottish, Welsh and English descent and grew up at the family's estate Dyffryn, Glamorganshire.

[1] Bruce was commissioned as an ensign in the 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot on 9 June 1838.

[2] He became commanding officer of the 2nd battalion of his regiment in August 1857 in which capacity he was deployed to Gibraltar.