| 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 |
|
| 19 February 1942 to 19 March 1942 | Oliver Lyttelton, Minister Resident in the Middle East |
|
| 19 March 1942 to 28 January 1944 | Richard Gardiner Casey, Minister Resident in the Middle East
|
|
| 28 January 1944 to 21 November 1944 | Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, Minister of State in the Middle East
|
|
| 21 November 1944 to 1945 | Edward Grigg , Minister of State in the Middle East |
|
| 1945 to 27 July 1945 | Edward Grigg, Viscount Altrincham , Minister of State in the Middle East |
|
