Sir Robert Abraham Burrows, KBE (17 March 1884 – 14 August 1964), was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician.
In July 1947, as Chairman of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Burrows presented a display of flowers in the shape of a "large heart" at Crewe railway station as a "personal tribute" to farewell Princess Elizabeth, her fiancé Prince Philip, Princess Margaret, King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth who were leaving for Scotland aboard the Royal Train.
[5] Through their mutual involvement in the National Association of Boys' Clubs, Burrows enjoyed "direct contact and friendship" with the Duke of York, (later George VI) who occasionally stayed with Burrows at his Bonis Hall home in Prestbury, Cheshire.
[6][7] Burrows was Liberal candidate for the Leigh division of Lancashire at the 1923 General Election.
He hoped to regain a seat lost to Labour in 1922 when his Liberal predecessor finished third.