General Sir Robert Onesiphorus Bright GCB (7 July 1823 – 15 November 1896) was a British Army officer.

He was educated at Winchester School and joined the 19th (The 1st Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment of Foot in 1843.

He served in Bulgaria in 1854 and commanded the 2nd Brigade of the Light Division during the Crimean War.

He was given the colonelcy of The Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) from 1886 to his death [2] and promoted full general on 1 April 1887.

[3] Bright was a noted cricketer and all-round sportsman and ran a pack of foxhounds named "The Green Howards".