| width="18%"|Term | width="40%"|Incumbent | width="20%"|Notes |
| olspan="3"|French Suzerainty |
| olspan="3"|French Egypt |
| small>25 July 1798 to 22 August 1799 | Napolon Bonaparte, Military Commander | |
| small>22 August 1799 to 14 June 1800 | Jean-Baptiste Klber, Military Commander | |
| small>14 June 1800 to 27 June 1801 | Abdullah Jacques-Franois de Boussay, baron de Menou, Military Commander | |
| olspan="3"|British Suzerainty |
| small>8 March 1801 to 21 March 1801 | Sir Ralph Abercromby, Military Commander | |
| small>21 March 1801 to 1801 | John Hely Hutchinson, Military Commander | |
| small>1801 to October 1801 | John Hely Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson, Military Commander | |
| small>October 1801 to July 1802 | Richard Ford William Lambart, the Earl of Cavan, Military Commander | |
| small>July 1802 to 16 March 1803 | Sir John Stewart Walis, Military Commander | |
| small>March 1803 to 1807 | Edward Missett, Resident | |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1807" title="1807">1807 to 1878 | colspan="2"|Ottoman Egypt |
| small>1878 to 1879 | Sir Evelyn Baring, Controller-General | |
| small>1879 to 15 September 1882 | Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, Controller-General | |
| olspan="3"|British-Occupied Egypt |
| small>15 September 1882 to 11 September 1883 | Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, Controller-General | |
| small>11 September 1883 to 1892 | Sir Evelyn Baring, Consul-General | |
| small>1892 to 1899 | Evelyn Baring, Baron Cromer, Consul-General | |
| small>1899 to 1901 | Evelyn Baring, Viscount Cromer, Consul-General | |
| small>1901 to 6 May 1907 | Evelyn Baring, the Earl of Cromer, Consul-General | |
| small>16 May 1907 to 12 July 1911 | Sir John Eldon Gorst, Consul-General | |
| small>29 July 1911 to 18 December 1914 | Herbert Horatio Kitchener, Viscount Kitchener, Consul-General | |
| small>18 December 1914 to 9 January 1915 | Sir Milne Cheetham, acting High Commissioner | |
| small>9 January 1915 to 1 January 1917 | Sir Arthur Henry McMahon, High Commissioner | |
| small>1 January 1917 to 7 October 1919 | Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, High Commissioner | |
| small>7 October 1919 to 28 February 1922 | Edward Henry Hynman Lord Allenby, the Viscount Allenby, High Commissioner | |
| olspan="3"|Kingdom of Egypt |
| small>28 February 1922 to 26 May 1925 | Edward Henry Hynman Lord Allenby, the Viscount Allenby, High Commissioner | |
| small>26 May 1925 to 8 August 1929 | Sir George Ambrose Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, High Commissioner | |
| small>8 August 1929 to 16 December 1933 | Sir Percy Lyham Loraine, High Commissioner | |
| small>8 January 1934 to 14 November 1936 | Sir Miles Wedderburn Lampson, High Commissioner | |
| small>19 February 1942 to 19 March 1942 | Oliver Lyttelton, Minister Resident in the Middle East | |
| small>19 March 1942 to 28 January 1944 | Richard Gardiner Casey, Minister Resident in the Middle East | | |
| small>28 January 1944 to 21 November 1944 | Walter Edward Guiness, Baron Moyne, Minister of State in the Middle East | | |
| small>21 November 1944 to 1945 | Edward Grigg, Minister of State in the Middle East | |
| small>1945 to 27 July 1945 | Edward Grigg, Viscount Altrincham, Minister of State in the Middle East | |