Robert Singleton Salmon, CBE, JP (24 October 1897 – 1970) was a British tea planter, businessman and a member of parliament.

[1] Robert Singleton Salmon was born on 24 October 1897 in Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, the youngest son of Frederick George Burton Salmon, an Irish shopfitter, builder and joiner, and Elizabeth Anne.

On 24 August 1916, at the age of 18, he enlisted in the King's Regiment (Liverpool) and reached the rank of corporal before being discharged in March 1919.

He served as a member of Parliament until 1970, having been re-appointed by each successive government.

[3] In the 1950 King's Birthday Honours he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for his services to the Planters' Association of Ceylon.