List of colonial heads of Egypt

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Term	Incumbent	Notes
French Suzerainty
25 July 1798 to 22 August 1799	Napoléon Bonaparte, Military Commander
22 August 1799 to 14 June 1800	Jean Baptiste Kléber, Military Commander	Assassinated
14 June 1800 to 27 June 1801	Abdullah Jacques-François de Boussay, baron de Menou, Military Commander	Converted to Islam during his tenure
British Suzerainty
8 March 1801 to 21 March 1801	Sir Ralph Abercromby, Military Commander
21 March 1801 to October 1801	John Hely Hutchinson, Military Commander	Raised to the peerage as Lord Hutchinson during his tenure
October 1801 to July 1802	Richard Lambart, 7th Earl of Cavan, Military Commander
July 1802 to 16 March 1803	Sir John Stewart, Military Commander
March 1803 to 1807	Ernest Missett, Resident
1807 to 1878	Ottoman Egypt
1878 to 1879	Sir Evelyn Baring, Controller-General
1879 to 15 September 1882	Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, Controller-General
British-Occupied Egypt
15 September 1882 to 11 September 1883	Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, Controller-General
11 September 1883 to 6 May 1907	Sir Evelyn Baring, Consul-General	Raised to the peearge as, successively, Lord Cromer in 1892, Viscount Cromer in 1899 and Earl of Cromer in 1901
16 May 1907 to 12 July 1911	Sir John Eldon Gorst, Consul-General
29 July 1911 to 18 December 1914	Herbert Horatio Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener, Consul-General
18 December 1914 to 9 January 1915	Sir Milne Cheetham, acting High Commissioner
9 January 1915 to 1 January 1917	Sir Arthur Henry McMahon, High Commissioner
1 January 1917 to 7 October 1919	Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, High Commissioner
7 October 1919 to 28 February 1922	Edward Henry Hynman Allenby 1st Viscount Allenby, High Commissioner
Kingdom of Egypt
28 February 1922 to 26 May 1925	Edward Henry Hynman Allenby 1st Viscount Allenby, High Commissioner
26 May 1925 to 8 August 1929	Sir George Ambrose Lloyd High Commissioner	Raised to the peerage as Lord Lloyd on 16 November 1925
8 August 1929 to 16 December 1933	Sir Percy Lyham Loraine, High Commissioner
8 January 1934 to 14 November 1936	Sir Miles Wedderburn Lampson, High Commissioner

Sources

• http://www.rulers.org/rule.html#egypt
• African States and Rulers, John Stewart, McFarland

See also

• Egypt
  • List of rulers of Egypt
  • List of Presidents of Egypt
  • List of Prime Ministers of Egypt
• Lists of office-holders