Major General Sir Robert Joseph Henry Risson CB, CBE, DSO, ED (20 April 1901 – 19 July 1992) was a soldier and public administrator. He was chairman of the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board from 1949 to 1970. Sir Robert was born in 1901 at Ma Ma Creek near Grantham in South East Queensland. Educated at nearby Gatton High School and subsequently at the University of Queensland, he graduated in Civil Engineering before joining the newly formed Brisbane Tramways Trust in 1923.