Robert Cartwright (1771–1856) was a Church of England clergyman who played an active part in the early religious life of the Colony of New South Wales. Upon his arrival in Sydney, Cartwright was appointed to Windsor, where he remained until December 1819, his next appointment being to Liverpool, 1820–1836, and then to St. James's, Sydney, to succeed Richard Hill, where he remained till 1838, finally moving to Collector (Gunning), where he remained until his death in 1856. His first wife predeceased him in 1835.