List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Egypt
| Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Egypt سفير المملكة المتحدة لدى مصر | |
|---|---|
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| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Cairo |
| Appointer | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Inaugural holder |
George Baldwin |
| Website |
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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.
List of heads of mission
Consuls-General
- 1786–1796: George Baldwin[1] (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: Edward Missett (Agent, then Consul-General)[2]
- 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
- 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 (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[3]
- 2018–present: Sir Geoffrey Adams[4][5]
See also
References
- "Previous Ambassadors". British Embassy Cairo. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23.
- 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 2008-08-29.
- ↑ "Baldwin, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1165. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Bosworth, C.E., Henry Salt, Consul in Egypt 1816-1827 and Pioneer Egyptologist, University of Manchester, 1974
- ↑ Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Egypt, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 23 June 2014
- ↑ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Egypt in September 2018". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 5 September 2018.
- ↑ "Future-focused sectors top the agenda for UK Trade Envoy's visit". British Embassy Cairoe. 23 September 2018.
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