| Robert Ford | |
| Birth Name: | Robert Arthur Douglas Ford |
| Office1: | Canadian Ambassador to Colombia |
| Term Start1: | 1957 |
| Term End1: | 1958 |
| Predecessor1: | Wilfrid Bertram McCullough (Chargé d'Affaires) |
| Successor1: | Jean Morin |
| Office2: | Canadian Ambassador to Yugoslavia |
| Term Start2: | 1958 |
| Term End2: | 1961 |
| Predecessor2: | George Ignatieff |
| Successor2: | Gordon Gale Crean |
| Office3: | Canadian Ambassador to Egypt |
| Term Start3: | 1961 |
| Term End3: | 1964 |
| Predecessor3: | Arnold Cantwell Smith |
| Successor3: | Jean Chapdelaine |
| Office4: | Canadian Ambassador to Sudan |
| Term Start4: | 1961 |
| Term End4: | 1964 |
| Successor4: | Jean Chapdelaine |
| Office5: | Canadian Ambassador to the Soviet Union |
| Term Start5: | 1964 |
| Term End5: | 1980 |
| Predecessor5: | Arnold Cantwell Smith |
| Successor5: | Geoffrey Pearson |
| Office6: | Canadian Ambassador to Mongolia |
| Term Start6: | 1974 |
| Term End6: | 1980 |
| Successor6: | Geoffrey Pearson |
| Birth Date: | 8 January 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Death Place: | Vichy, France |
| Occupation: | Diplomat, translator, poet |
Robert Arthur Douglas Ford, (January 8, 1915 - April 12, 1998) was a Canadian poet, translator and diplomat.
Born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of former London Free Press Editor-in Chief and University of Western Ontario Chancellor Arthur Ford, he received his B.A. in history and English in 1937 from the University of Western Ontario and a M.A. in history in 1940 from Cornell University. He joined the Department of External Affairs in 1940 and was Ambassador to Colombia (1957 - 1959), Yugoslavia (1959 - 1961), United Arab Republic (1961 - 1963), and to the USSR (1964 - 1980). Ford served as a special representative of Canada at the 1st Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Belgrade.[1]
In 1971 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.