Sir Robert Harvey JP DL (2 October 1847 – 14 March 1930) was a prominent British saltpetre producer in Bolivia, Peru and Chile during the late 19th century.

[2] In 1872 he went to Bolivia to work in the Tocopilla Copper Mines and in 1875, moved to Iquique, which was then in Peru, and became involved in the production of saltpetre.

[3] By 1883, Harvey had made enough money he decided it was time to return to Britain where he became a landowner in Cornwall and Devon.

He bought the Trenoweth estate, near Grampound Road and many properties in the Totnes area including Dundridge House in the parish of Harberton.

[6][7] He had one daughter, Dame Alida Brittain, and five sons, including politician Sir Samuel Emile Harvey.