Robin Isles Loftus Guthrie (27 June 1937 – 12 April 2009) was a British teacher, public servant and chairman of several charities.

[1][2][3] Guthrie was born in Cambridge and attended Clifton College.

[2] In 1988 he returned to London as the Chief Charity Commissioner in a bid to update the department.

[3] In 1992 he was appointed director of Social and Economic Affairs at the Council of Europe.

[3][2] He was a Trustee of the Thalidomide Trust UK, a founding chairman of the York Early Music Foundation and the founding chairman of York Museums Trust when it was formed in 2002, a governor of York St John University and chairman of York-based charity Jessie’s Fund.