Robert French (1716–1779) was a County Galway landlord and Member of Parliament.
His ancestor Patrick Béag French (died 1630) was one of the two Galwaymen who successfully petitioned James II for a town charter, awarded in 1610.
Robert French is remembered for being an improving landlord of his estates, centred on Monivea in central County Galway.
He rebuilt the village into its present spacious form, taught new farming techniques to his tenants and stood for election to the Parliament of Ireland, a position impossible to aspire to had his father remained Catholic.
[1] He married Nicolas, sister of Viscount Gosford, and had issue.