Robert Mark Gentry (1885 – 19 March 1951) was a British politician and trade unionist, who served as Mayor of Fulham and stood repeatedly for Parliament.
Gentry completed an elementary education before becoming a baker and confectioner.
Active in the Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers, he was appointed as the union's full-time London District Secretary, and was named by Paul Thompson as the ILP's leading London-based trade unionist in the 1900s.
[1][2] Through the ILP, Gentry was active in the Labour Party, and was elected to Fulham Metropolitan Borough Council, serving as the first Labour Mayor of Fulham, from 1919 to 1921.
[1][3] Gentry also stood for the Labour Party in Fulham West at general elections in 1918, 1922, 1923 and 1924, taking second place on each occasion.