Lieutenant-General Robert Skene (1719–1787) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1779 and 1787.
[1] Skene was intending to stand for Parliament at Fife at a by-election on 2 July 1776, supported by John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, but gave his interest to James Townsend Oswald against John Henderson.
When Oswald resigned in 1779 Skene was returned as Member of Parliament at a by-election on 2 July 1779.
However Henderson petitioned that he was disqualified by his office of inspector of roads and he was unseated on 7 February 1780.
He was re-elected in a contest at the 1784 general election in spite of opposition from Henderson and the Dundas interest.