Sir Robert Duncan Fairbairn (25 September 1910 – 26 March 1988) was a Scottish banker and amateur sportsman, who was the chairman of Clydesdale Bank from 1975 to 1985.
[2] His father was employed as head gamekeeper to Lord Forteviot at Dupplin Castle in Perthshire.
He played cricket for the Dupplin and Perthshire clubs, and came to prominence in junior football as an inside-forward for St Johnstone YMCA.
[6] After the Clydesdale Bank transferred Fairbairn to their head office in Glasgow, he continued his cricket career as an opening batsman for West of Scotland, and also played football for "one of the Queen's Park elevens".
[7] He was a recipient of the Beckett & Whitehead Prizeman from the Institute of Bankers in 1934, the same year in which he joined the Midland Bank.