Robert Livingston Cutting Jr. (July 2, 1836 – January 13, 1894) was an American banker and clubman who was prominent in New York Society during the Gilded Age.

[11][12] His great-grandfather was Walter Livingston, the first Speaker of the New York State Assembly,[13] and his great-uncle was U.S. Representative Henry Walter Livingston,[14][15] In 1862, Cutting became a special partner in the brokerage firm of Lee, Lyon & Co., with an office located at 19 William Street.

[16] A Democrat and a municipal reformer, Cutting served on the Committee of Seventy in 1871 which sought to oust the Boss Tweed and his cohorts from city government.

[1] Cutting died unexpectedly of Bright's disease while traveling in a Broadway cable car on January 13, 1894, at the age of 57.

[20] His funeral was attended by many prominent New Yorkers, including Cornelius Vanderbilt II, Chauncey M. Depew, J. Pierpont Morgan, Henry Clews, Judge Charles A. Peabody, Col. Stephen Van Rensselaer Cruger, and many others.