Robert Shafto | |
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| Member of Parliament for County Durham | |
| In office 1760–1768 | |
| Preceded by | George Bowes |
| Succeeded by | Sir Thomas Clavering |
| Member of Parliament for Downton | |
| In office 1780–1790 | |
| Preceded by | Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie |
| Succeeded by | Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie |
Robert Shafto (sometimes spelt Shaftoe) (circa 1732 – 24 November 1797) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1760 and 1790. He was the likely subject of a famous North East English folk song and nursery rhyme, "Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea" (Roud #1359).