Robert Lambart Harvey (born 21 August 1953) is a British Conservative Party politician, journalist and well known historian and author.
Eton College; Christ Church, Oxford University (BA 1974; MA 1978).
Robert Harvey has been foreign affairs leader writer for the Daily Telegraph (1987-1991) and assistant editor of The Economist (1981-1983).
Harvey first stood for Parliament, unsuccessfully, at Caernarvon in October 1974, where he was beaten by the future leader of Plaid Cymru, Dafydd Wigley. Five years later he contested Merioneth, once again being beaten by a Plaid Cymru incumbent, Dafydd Elis-Thomas. In the Conservative landslide of 1983 general election, he was elected to the House of Commons as MP for Clwyd South-West. He became a member of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. He served for one term before his defeat at the 1987 election by the Labour candidate Martyn Jones.