Sir Robert Donald (29 August 1860 – 17 February 1933) was a British newspaper editor and author.

Working as a clerk, Donald submitted free articles to a local journal, then gained employment at the Edinburgh Evening News.

Following the 1922 General Election, Donald was appointed by the Conservative government to chair the Empire Wireless Committee, to urgently 'consider and advise upon the policy to be adopted as regards an Imperial wireless service', a long delayed project promoted heavily by the Empire Press Union.

[4][5] Having been present as an observer at the deliberations for the Treaty of Versailles, Donald was shocked by the leeway given to the Polish delegation - "an embarrassing problem to the Allies of The Great War" - and by the ultimate dismemberment of Germany with its imposed new eastern borders.

He travelled to eastern Europe several times in the 1920s culminating in two books largely sympathetic to the German complaints: A Danger Spot in Europe - and Its Government by the League of Nations (1925), and The Polish Corridor and the Consequences (1929)[6] In addition he was sympathetic to Hungary, and after much research there interviewing all the major politicians, and "several years study", he produced a further book: The Tragedy of Trianon - Hungary's Appeal to Humanity, with an Introduction by Viscount Rothermere.