Robert Ould (January 31, 1820 – December 15, 1882) was a lawyer who served as a Confederate official during the American Civil War.

During the antebellum period he worked as a lawyer in Washington,[1][2] and in 1855 he was appointed under Franklin Pierce to a commission to codify the district's laws.

[5][2] In July 1862 Ould was appointed as the chief agent of exchange under the terms of the Dix–Hill Cartel, with the rank of colonel.

[10] During the war he also served as judge advocate in Richmond[1] and seems to have been a high-ranking official in the Confederate Secret Service.

In 1866 he was elected to one term in the Virginia Senate, and from 1874 to 1875 he served as a representative for Richmond in the House of Delegates.