Sir Robert Southern CBE (17 March 1907[1] – September 1999) was a British co-operative official.
[2] Born in Prestwich, Southern was educated at Stand Grammar School.
In his spare time, he completed a degree in commerce with the University of Manchester.
[3] Southern devoted much of his spare time to the Stand Unitarian Chapel, serving as secretary of its trustees, and as superintendent of its Sunday school.
He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1953, and was knighted in the 1970 New Year Honours.