General Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson, KCB, CMG, DSO (15 April 1881 – 23 May 1956) was a senior British military officer who was appointed Adjutant-General to the Forces in 1939.

Finlayson entered the British Army from the Suffolk Militia and was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as second lieutenant on 17 March 1900.

[2] In this role he was responsible for organising the Home Guard to defend the United Kingdom in the face of invasion.

[8] He was also responsible for the Army Council introducing a colour bar, whereby only those of pure European ancestry could be commissioned as officers.

[10] In retirement Finlayson was appointed a Special Commissioner for the Imperial War Graves Commission in 1942 and of the Duke of York's Royal Military School, also in 1942.