Robert Munro, 1st Baron Alness, (28 May 1868 – 6 October 1955), was a Scottish lawyer, judge and Liberal politician.

He served as Secretary for Scotland between 1916 and 1922 in David Lloyd George's coalition government and as Lord Justice Clerk between 1922 and 1933.

[1] At this point he lived at 15 Heriot Row: a huge Georgian townhouse in the centre of Edinburgh.

When David Lloyd George became Prime Minister in December 1916, Munro entered the cabinet as Secretary for Scotland,[7] a post he held until the end of the coalition government in October 1922.

[9] He returned to political office in May 1940 when Winston Churchill appointed him a Lord-in-waiting (government whip) in the newly formed war coalition,[10] sitting as a Liberal National.