John Lochiel Robson CBE (4 June 1909 – 17 September 1993) was a New Zealand senior public servant and penal reformer. He was born in Halcombe, Manawatu, New Zealand in 1909. In 1931 he graduated Master of Laws from Canterbury College, University of New Zealand (now University of Canterbury) and Doctor of Philosophy (law) from University of London in 1939.