List of British representatives in Zanzibar

This is a list of British representatives in Zanzibar from 1841 to 1963. They were responsible for representing British interests in the Sultanate of Zanzibar. From 1913 to 1961 they were also the vizier of the Sultan of Zanzibar.

Flag of the British Resident in Zanzibar (1918–1955).
Flag of the British Resident in Zanzibar (1955–1963).

On 7 November 1890, the United Kingdom proclaimed protectorate over the Sultanate (according to the terms of the Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty with the German Empire). On 10 December 1963, the United Kingdom terminated its protectorate.

On 12 January 1964, the Sultanate was overthrown in the Zanzibar Revolution, and the People's Republic of Zanzibar was proclaimed. On 26 April 1964, the People's Republic united with mainland Tanganyika to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which was later renamed to the United Republic of Tanzania.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Portrait Incumbent Notes
May 1841 to 5 July 1857Atkins Hamerton, Consul
1858 to 1860Christopher Palmer Rigby, Consul
1861 to 1862Lewis Pelly, Consul
1862 to 1865Robert Lambert Playfair, Consul
1865 to 1870Henry Adrian Churchill, Consul
1870 to 1873John Kirk, Consul
1873 to 1886John Kirk, Consul-General
1887 to 1888Claude Maxwell MacDonald, Consul-General
1888 to 7 November 1890Sir Charles Bean Euan-Smith, Consul-General
7 November 1890 to 5 March 1891Sir Charles Bean Euan-Smith, acting Consul-General
6 March 1891 to 12 December 1892Gerald Herbert Portal, Consul-GeneralFrom 6 August 1892, Sir Gerald Herbert Portal
12 December 1892 to February 1894James Rennell Rodd, Consul-General
February 1894 to 1900Arthur Henry Hardinge, Consul-GeneralFrom 22 June 1897, Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge
1900 to 1904Sir Charles Norton Edgecumbe Eliot, Agent and Consul-General
1904 to 20 June 1908Basil Shillito Cave, Agent and Consul-General
1908 to 13 February 1913Edward Clarke, Agent and Consul-General
1 July 1913 to 1922Francis Barrow Pearce, Resident
1922 to December 1923John Houston Sinclair, Resident
January 1924 to 1929Alfred Claud Hollis, ResidentFrom 1 January 1927, Sir Alfred Claud Hollis
December 1929 to 1937Richard Sims Donkin Rankine, ResidentFrom 3 June 1932, Sir Richard Sims Donkin Rankine
1937Samuel Burnside Boyd McElderry, acting Resident
October 1937 to 1940John Hathorn Hall, Resident
1941 to 1946Henry Guy Pilling, Resident
1946 to 1951Vincent Goncalves Glenday, Resident
1952 to 1954John Dalzell Rankine, Resident
2 November 1954 to 1959Henry Steven Potter, ResidentFrom 31 May 1956, Sir Henry Steven Potter
1959 to 1963Arthur George Rixson Mooring, Resident

See also

  • Ben Cahoon (2000). "Zanzibar". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
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