Sir Arthur James de la Mare KCMG KCVO (15 February 1914 – 15 December 1994) was a British diplomat.
He rose to the rank of High Commissioner of Singapore, and was a leading authority on Asian affairs to the British Foreign Office.
Arthur James de la Mare was born into a farming family in Saint John, Jersey.
He expressed his anger that the British military bases on the island were handed over to the Singapore People's Action Party government.
In a view that was considered old-fashioned at the time, De la Mare maintained that the British Empire could be a force for good around the world.