Robert John Hartwell (1810 – 1875) was a British radical trade unionist and newspaper editor.
Hartwell worked as a compositor, and in his spare time occasionally wrote newspaper articles.
He joined the London Working Men's Association in 1836, and in 1837 chaired the meeting at which the People's Charter was originally proposed.
[1] In 1861, Hartwell worked with George Potter to establish The Bee-Hive, a newspaper which supported trade unionism.
[1] Hartwell announced that he would contest Lambeth as an independent workingmen's candidate, but he withdrew before the poll was taken.