List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Egypt

The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Egypt is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Egypt, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Egypt. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt.

Under the British occupation of Egypt (1882–1956), the British consul-general, high commissioner, or ambassador effectively ruled Egypt.A. D. Roberts, The Cambridge History of Africa, 1986, , 7:742

List of heads of mission

Consuls-general 1786–1796: George Baldwin (post abolished in 1793 but letter did not reach Baldwin until 1796) 1803–1804: Charles Lock (appointed but died en route to Egypt) 1804–1815: Ernest Missett (Agent, then Consul-General)Bosworth, C.E., Henry Salt, Consul in Egypt 1816–1827 and Pioneer Egyptologist, University of Manchester, 1974 1815–1827: Henry Salt 1827–1833: John Barker (acting until 1829) 1833–1839: Patrick Campbell 1839–1841: Sir George Lloyd Hodges 1841–1846: Charles John Barnett 1846–1853: Charles Murray 1853–1858: Frederick Wright-Bruce 1858–1865: Robert Gilmour Colquhoun 1865–1876: Edward Stanton 1876–1879: Hussey Vivian 1879–1883: Edward Malet 1883–1907: Sir Evelyn Baring, Lord CromerRoger Owen, Lord Cromer: Victorian Imperialist, Edwardian Proconsul (Oxford UP, 2005) Online review. 1907–1911: Sir Eldon Gorst with rank of Minister Plenipotentiary 1911–1914: Herbert Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener with rank of Minister PlenipotentiarySydney A. Moseley, With Kitchener in Cairo (1917) Online

High commissioners 1914–1915: Sir Milne Cheetham 1915–1917: Sir Henry McMahon 1917–1919: Sir Francis Reginald Wingate 1919–1925: Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby 1925–1929: George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd 1929–1933: Sir Percy Loraine 1934–1936: Sir Miles Lampson

Ambassadors 1936–1946: Sir Miles Lampson 1946–1950: Sir Ronald Ian Campbell 1950–1955: Sir Ralph Stevenson 1955–1956: Sir Humphrey Trevelyan 1956–1959: Break in relations due to Suez Crisis 1959–1961: Sir Colin Crowe (Chargé d'affaires) 1961–1964: Sir Harold Beeley 1964–1965: Sir George Humphrey Middleton 1965–1967: Break in relations over Rhodesia 1967–1969: Sir Harold Beeley 1969–1973: Sir Richard Ashton Beaumont 1973–1975: Sir Philip Adams 1975–1979: Sir Willie Morris 1979–1985: Sir Michael Scott Weir 1985–1987: Sir Alan Urwick 1987–1992: Sir James Adams 1992–1995: Christopher William Long 1995–1999: Sir David Blatherwick 1999–2001: Sir Graham Boyce 2001–2003: Sir John Sawers 2003–2007: Sir Derek Plumbly 2007–2011: Sir Dominic Asquith 2011–2014: James Wilfrid Watt 2014–2018: John CassonChange of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Egypt, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 23 June 2014 2018–2021: Sir Geoffrey Adams

2021–2025: Gareth Bayley 2025–present: Mark Bryson-Richardson

See also Egypt–United Kingdom relations List of ambassadors of Egypt to the United Kingdom British foreign policy in the Middle East

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