Rear-Admiral Robert Swanton (c. 1710 – 11 July 1765) was a Royal Navy officer who became commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands Station.
Swanton joined the Royal Navy on 8 September 1724 as a cadet.
In February 1738, he moved to HMS Flamborough on which he was part of the attack on St Augustine in 1740.
[1] In HMS Vanguard, he saw action at the Siege of Louisbourg in 1758 and at the Battle of Pointe-aux-Trembles in 1760 during the French and Indian War.
[1] He was brother-in-law to Admiral John Carter Allen.