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.

British Ambassador
to Egypt
سفير المملكة المتحدة لدى مصر
Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Incumbent
Mark Bryson-Richardson
since 2025
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceCairo
AppointerKing Charles III
Inaugural holderGeorge Baldwin
British Consul-General to Egypt 1786
Websitewww.gov.uk/government/world/egypt

Under the British occupation of Egypt (1882–1956), the British consul-general, high commissioner, or ambassador effectively ruled Egypt.

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)
  • 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 Cromer
  • 1907–1911: Sir Eldon Gorst with rank of Minister Plenipotentiary
  • 1911–1914: Herbert Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener with rank of Minister Plenipotentiary

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 Casson
  • 2018–2021: Sir Geoffrey Adams
  • 2021–2025: Gareth Bayley
  • 2025–present: Mark Bryson-Richardson

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