John Vernon Rob

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

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 Counsellor in New Delhi and Warsaw. Between 1960 and 1962 he was the British ambassador to the Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon and Congo.

In 1965 Rob was appointed Deputy High Commissioner in Singapore, becoming the High Commissioner when Singapore became independent of Malaysia. 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.