Robert Bamford (1883-1942) was a British engineer, who with Lionel Walker Birch Martin founded a company in January 1913 that became Aston Martin. He was born in Lamarsh in Essex. Bamford & Martin Ltd was founded on 15 January 1913 in West Kensington. They produced their first Aston-Martin car, the Coal Scuttle, in March 1915. Robert Bamford was the engineer of the partnership. In 1920 he retired from Bamford & Martin. He died in 1942 aged 59.