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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Egypt

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British Ambassador
to Egypt
سفير المملكة المتحدة لدى مصر
Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Incumbent
Gareth Bayley
since 2018
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceCairo
AppointerKing Charles III
Inaugural holderGeorge Baldwin
British Consul-General to Egypt 1786
Websitewww.gov.uk/government/world/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.

Under the British occupation of Egypt (1882–1956), the British consul-general, high commissioner, or ambassador effectively ruled Egypt.[1]

List of heads of mission

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Consuls-General

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High Commissioners

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Ambassadors

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ A. D. Roberts, The Cambridge History of Africa, 1986, ISBN 0521225051, 7:742
  2. ^ "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.)
  3. ^ Bosworth, C.E., Henry Salt, Consul in Egypt 1816-1827 and Pioneer Egyptologist, University of Manchester, 1974
  4. ^ Roger Owen, Lord Cromer: Victorian Imperialist, Edwardian Proconsul (Oxford UP, 2005) Online review.
  5. ^ Sydney A. Moseley, With Kitchener in Cairo (1917) Online
  6. ^ a b c d e f Craig, James (27 July 2016). Shemlan: A History of the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies. Springer. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-349-14413-6.
  7. ^ Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Egypt, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 23 June 2014
  8. ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Egypt in September 2018". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 5 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Egypt Gareth Bayley". Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. 18 May 2021.