List of colonial heads of Egypt

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Term	Incumbent	Notes
French Suzerainty
French Egypt
25 July 1798 to 22 August 1799	Napoléon Bonaparte, Military Commander
22 August 1799 to 14 June 1800	Jean-Baptiste Kléber, Military Commander
14 June 1800 to 27 June 1801	Abdullah Jacques-François de Boussay, baron de Menou, Military Commander
British Suzerainty
8 March 1801 to 21 March 1801	Sir Ralph Abercromby, Military Commander
21 March 1801 to 1801	John Hely Hutchinson, Military Commander
1801 to October 1801	John Hely Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson, Military Commander
October 1801 to July 1802	Richard Ford William Lambart, the Earl of Cavan, Military Commander
July 1802 to 16 March 1803	Sir John Stewart Walis, Military Commander
March 1803 to 1807	Edward 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 1892	Sir Evelyn Baring, Consul-General
1892 to 1899	Evelyn Baring, Baron Cromer, Consul-General
1899 to 1901	Evelyn Baring, Viscount Cromer, Consul-General
1901 to 6 May 1907	Evelyn Baring, the Earl of Cromer, Consul-General
16 May 1907 to 12 July 1911	Sir John Eldon Gorst, Consul-General
29 July 1911 to 18 December 1914	Herbert Horatio Kitchener, 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 Lord Allenby, the Viscount Allenby, High Commissioner
Kingdom of Egypt
28 February 1922 to 26 May 1925	Edward Henry Hynman Lord Allenby, the Viscount Allenby, High Commissioner
26 May 1925 to 8 August 1929	Sir George Ambrose Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, High Commissioner
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