Robin Haydon Darwall-Smith FRHistS FSA is a British archivist, based in Oxford and associated with several Oxford University College archives.

Robin Darwall-Smith studied classics at University College, Oxford under George Cawkwell,^[1] as an undergraduate and postgraduate.^[3] He then trained as an archivist at the University of Liverpool. While at Oxford, Darwall-Smith represented University College on the television quiz show University Challenge in 1987, reaching the series final.^[4]

Darwall-Smith has been an archivist for Jesus College, Magdalen College,^[5] and University College^[6] at Oxford.^[3]

Robin Darwall-Smith was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2009^[7] and of the Royal Historical Society in 2010.^[5] He appeared on the television documentary series Ian Hislop's Olden Days in 2014.^[8]

Robin Darwall-Smith has written a number of books, including:^{[9][10][11][12]}

• The Jowett papers: A summary catalogue of the papers of Benjamin Jowett (1817–1893) at Balliol College, Oxford. Balliol College Library, 1993. ISBN 978-0951256930
• Emperors and Architecture: A Study of Flavian Rome, Peeters. 1996. ISBN 978-2870311714^[13]
• Account Rolls of University College, Oxford, Vol I (1381–1471), John Wiley & Sons, 1999. ISBN 978-0904107173^[14][15]
• Account Rolls of University College, Oxford, Vol II (1472–1597), Oxford Historical Society, 2001. ISBN 978-0904107197^[14][15]
• The Architectural Drawings of Magdalen College: A Catalogue, Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0199248667 (with Roger White)
• A History of University College, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0199284290^[16]
• Early Records of University College, Oxford Historical Society, 2015. ISBN 978-0904107272^[17][18]
• History of Universities, volume XXXV/1, Oxford University Press, 2022. ISBN 978-0192867445 (edited with Peregrine Horden)^[19]
• Music in Twentieth-Century Oxford: New Directions, Boydell Press, 2023. ISBN 978-1783277247 (edited with Susan Wollenberg)^[20]

• List of archivists
• The Annals of University College

• Robin Darwall-Smith at IMDb
• Dr Robin Darwall-Smith: Can a Great Man be a Good Master? William Beveridge as Master of Univ on Vimeo
• University Challenge – 1st September 1987 on YouTube