John Vernon Rob

John Vernon Rob CMG (17 December 1915 - 7 March 1971) was a British diplomat and the first British High Commissioner to Singapore.[1]

Rob was born in Chertsey, Surrey and educated at Hordle House School, Oundle School and St John's College, Cambridge.[1] In 1939 he joined the Consular Service but in September 1940 he enlisted on the Scots Guards.[1] Rob was seriously wounded in 1945 in Italy.[1]

Rob returned to the Foreign Office at the end of the war becoming deputy head of the News Department for three years, he later became a Counseller in New Delhi and Warsaw.[1] Between 1960 and 1962 he was the British Ambassador to the Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon and Congo.[1]

In 1965 Rob was appointed Deputy Commissioner in Singapore, becoming the High Commissioner when Singapore became independent of Malaysia.[1] He returned to the United Kingdom in 1969 due to ill health and acted as a part-time advisior to the Foreign Office Research Department.[1]