Robert Milman (25 January 1816 - 15 February 1876) was an Anglican bishop[1] in the second half of the 19th century.

[2] He was born at Easton in Gordano, Somerset the third son of Sir William George Milman, 2nd Baronet, of Levaton in Devonshire and was educated as a day-scholar at Westminster School.

[4] His diocese, which at that date included the Central Provinces, the Punjaub on the west, and British Burma on the east, extended over nearly a million square miles.

A fluent linguist, he learnt to speak in Bengali, Hindustani, Hindi, and several related dialects.

[5] He caught a chill when travelling from Calcutta to Peshawur and died at Rawul Pindi in February 1876.