List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Egypt

U.K. Ambassador to Egypt سفير المملكة المتحدة لدى مصر
Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Incumbent Sir Geoffrey Adams since 2018
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Cairo
Appointer	Queen Elizabeth II
Inaugural holder	George Baldwin British Consul-General to Egypt 1786
Website	www.gov.uk/government/world/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 Her 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.^[1]

List of heads of mission[]

Consuls-General[]

• 1786–1796: George Baldwin^[2] (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: (Agent, then Consul-General)^[3]
• 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 Colquhoun
• 1865–1876: Edward Stanton
• 1876–1879: Hon. Hussey Vivian
• 1879–1883: Edward Malet
• 1883–1907: Sir Evelyn Baring, Lord Cromer^[4]
• 1907–1911: Sir Eldon Gorst with rank of Minister Plenipotentiary
• 1911–1914: Herbert Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener with rank of Minister Plenipotentiary^[5]

High Commissioners[]

• 1914–1915: Sir Milne Cheetham (acting)
• 1915–1917: Sir Henry McMahon
• 1917–1919: Sir 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 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 Middleton
• 1965–1967: Break in relations over Rhodesia
• 1967–1969: Sir Harold Beeley
• 1969–1972: Sir Richard Beaumont
• 1972–1975: Sir Philip Adams
• 1975–1979: Sir Willie Morris
• 1979–1985: Sir Michael Weir
• 1985–1987: Sir Alan Urwick
• 1987–1992: Sir James Adams
• 1992–1995: Christopher 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 Watt
• 2014–2018: John Casson^[6]
• 2018–present: Sir Geoffrey Adams^[7][8]

See also[]

• Egypt–United Kingdom relations
• List of Ambassadors of Egypt to the United Kingdom
• British foreign policy in the Middle East

References[]

• "Previous Ambassadors". British Embassy Cairo. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012.
• Raafat, Samir (29 April 1999). "Bayt al Lurd (The British Embassy)". Cairo Times. Limassol, Cyprus: Dispatch Publications. OCLC 37395519. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2008.