Robert Skirrow Danter (1824 or 1825 –1893) was an early British trade unionist.
[1] He came to prominence in the Amalgamated Society of Engineers (ASE), where he served as chairman of the executive in the 1860s.
[2] Danter was sent by the ASE to investigate the Sheffield Outrages.
In his spare time, along with William Allan and William Newton, he supported the Labour Representation League and lobbied Parliament for measures which he believed would support the trade union movement.
[1] In 1872, he and Charles Temple were awarded a patent for "an improved union, joint or coupling for hose and other pipes".