Sir Rupert De la Bère, 1st Baronet (16 June 1893 – 25 February 1978[1][2]) was a British businessman, soldier, and Conservative Party politician.
He was the son of Reginald De la Bère from Addlestone in Surrey,[3] educated at Tonbridge School, and during World War I served overseas with the East Surrey Regiment and the Royal Air Force.
[3] After the war he became a director of Hay's Wharf and an Alderman of the City of London for the Tower ward.
He was the first member of the Skinners Company to hold the office of Lord Mayor since Sir Robert Kite in 1766, and no other Skinner has been Lord Mayor since.
[2] He was knighted in June 1952,[6] appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the Coronation Honours of June 1953,[7] and a baronet (of Crowborough) in November 1953.