Robert Shaw Oliver (September 13, 1847 – March 15, 1935) was an American soldier and businessman.

[4] In 1881, he was elected as the first president of the United States National Lawn Association, known today as the USTA.

General Oliver spoke at the dedication of several monuments to Civil War Union Units from Pennsylvania at the Antietam Battlefield in 1904.

Ambassador to Zambia, the Philippines, and Pakistan; and a great-great-grandfather of actor Oliver Platt.

[15] Also through Cora, he was a grandfather of Marion (née Choate) Harding (1905–1979), who married Charles Barney Harding, who served as chairman of the New York Stock Exchange and Smith, Barney & Co. (founded by his grandfather Charles D.