Robert Campbell Begg (11 April 1886 – 26 July 1971) was a New Zealand medical doctor and politician. He was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 11 April 1886. He first studied theology and then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, qualifying MB ChB. After serving as a medical officer during World War I, for which he was awarded the Military Cross, he returned to Edinburgh, gaining an MD in 1923.

He was the president of the New Zealand Legion from 1933 until its demise in 1934–35, and later moved to South Africa.

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In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.

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