Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet

The Right Honourable Sir Robert Inglis, Bt FRS PC
Sir Robert Inglis by George Hayter
Member of Parliament for Oxford University
In office 1829–1854
Preceded by	Robert Peel
Succeeded by	Sir William Heathcote, Bt
Member of Parliament for Ripon
In office 1828–1829
Member of Parliament for Dundalk
In office 1824–1826
Personal details
Born	12 January 1786 Snelston, Derbyshire, Great Britain
Died	5 May 1855 (aged 69) Belfast, Ireland, UK
Resting place	Ballylesson
Political party	Tory/Ultra-Tory
Education	Winchester College
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Religion	Church of England

Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 2nd Baronet, FRS (12 January 1786 – 5 May 1855) was an English Conservative politician, noted for his staunch high church views.

He was the son of Sir Hugh Inglis, a minor politician and MP for Ashburton (1802–1806). He married Mary Briscoe who was the daughter of John Briscoe and Susanna Harriot Hope whose marriage had ended in scandal.

Robert succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1820, and served as MP for Dundalk 1824–1826, Ripon 1828–1829 and Oxford University from 1829 to 1854. He was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire for 1824.

Inglis was strongly opposed to measures which, in his view, weakened the Anglican Church. When Robert Grant, MP for Inverness Burghs, petitioned for Jewish relief in 1830, Inglis was violently opposed. Inglis alleged that the Jews were an alien people, with no allegiance to England, and that to admit Jews to parliament would "separate Christianity itself from the State." He also alleged that if they were admitted to parliament "within seven years...Parliamentary Reform would be carried." Inglis was joined in his public opposition by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Henry Goulburn, and the Solicitor General and future Lord Chancellor, Sir Edward Sugden. Although the Jews were not emancipated fully until 1858, Parliamentary Reform occurred in 1832, just two years later. Inglis also likened Buddhism to "idolatry" in connection with the British colony of Ceylon(now Sri Lanka) during a debate over the relationship of "Buddhist priests" to the British colonial government in 1852.