List of British representatives in Muscat and Oman

Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (red), shown with the Imamate of Oman (orange) and the Trucial States (grey).

This is a list of British representatives in Muscat and Oman from 1800 to 1971. They were responsible for representing British interests in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman while the country was a British protectorate (from 20 March 1891 until 2 December 1971). Muscat and Oman was reconstituted as the modern-day Sultanate of Oman after the protectorate ended.

For British representatives in Oman since 1971, see: List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Oman.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Notes
Agents at Muscat
1800 to 6 September 1800 Archibald Hamilton Bogle
1801 to 1802 David Seton First time
1802 to 1804 David Seton Second time
November 1804 to May 1805 Vacant
May 1805 to 2 August 1809 David Seton Third time
1808 W. Watts Acting for Seton
September 1809 to 17 December 1809 William Chicheley Bunce
1809 to 1810 Nicholas Hankey Smith
1810 to 1840 Vacant
May 1840 to 1841 Atkins Hamerton Consul from 1841
1841 to May 1861 residency located in the Sultanate of Zanzibar See List of British representatives in Zanzibar
Political Agents
May 1861 to February 1862 William M. Pengelley
February 1862 to October 1862 M. Green
October 1862 to January 1863 Unknown Acting
January 1863 to February 1867 Herbert Frederick Disbrowe First time
March 1867 to February 1869 George Andrew Atkinson Acting
February 1869 to 8 January 1870 Herbert Frederick Disbrowe Second time
8 January 1870 to 1 May 1871 Alfred Cotton Way
8 May 1871 to 14 December 1872 Edward Charles Ross
30 December 1872 to 7 June 1877 Samuel Barrett Miles First time
7 June 1877 to 4 January 1878 P. J. C. Robertson Acting
4 January 1878 to 14 June 1879 Samuel Barrett Miles Second time
14 June 1879 to 16 July 1879 Unknown Acting
16 July 1879 to 2 January 1880 Charles Euan-Smith
28 February 1880 to 28 October 1880 Charles Grant First time
28 October 1880 to 15 August 1881 Samuel Barrett Miles Third time
16 August 1881 to 22 March 1883 Charles Grant Second time
22 March 1883 to 20 April 1883 Unknown Acting
20 April 1883 to 17 September 1883 Edward Mockler First time
20 September 1883 to 2 April 1886 Samuel Barrett Miles Fourth time
2 April 1886 to 25 October 1886 Edward Mockler Second time
1 November 1886 to 16 April 1887 Samuel Barrett Miles Fifth time
16 April 1887 to 2 March 1889 Edward Mockler Third time
2 March 1889 to 30 March 1889 Atmaram Sadarhiva Grovindin Jayakar First time, acting
31 March 1889 to 15 December 1889 Wallace Christopher Ramsay Stratton Acting
16 December 1889 to 29 March 1890 Charles Yate
29 March 1890 to 30 November 1890 Atmaram Sadarhiva Grovindin Jayakar Second time, acting
1 December 1890 to 20 March 1891 Edward Mockler Fourth time
Consuls
20 March 1891 to 14 October 1891 Edward Mockler
14 October 1891 to 27 November 1892 Atmaram Sadarhiva Grovindin Jayakar First time, acting
27 November 1892 to 19 April 1895 James Hayes Sadler First time
19 April 1895 to 22 May 1895 Atmaram Sadarhiva Grovindin Jayakar Second time, acting
23 May 1895 to 23 November 1895 John Frederick Whyte
24 November 1895 to 17 April 1896 James Hayes Sadler Second time
17 April 1896 to 12 June 1897 Francis Granville Beville
12 June 1897 to 15 September 1897 Atmaram Sadarhiva Grovindin Jayakar Third time, acting
16 September 1897 to 1 October 1899 Christopher George Forbes Fagan
1 October 1899 to 2 January 1904 Percy Cox
2 January 1904 to July 1906 William George Grey First time
July 1906 to November 1906 William Henry Irvine Shakespear Acting
November 1906 to April 1908 William George Grey Second time
April 1908 to July 1908 N. Scott Acting
July 1908 to November 1908 Frank McConaghey
November 1908 to April 1910 Robert Erskine Holland
April 1910 to April 1911 Arthur Prescott Trevor
April 1911 to March 1914 Stuart George Knox
March 1914 to October 1915 Robert Arthur Edward Benn
15 October 1915 to 16 January 1916 Hugh Stewart First time
16 January 1916 to 16 February 1916 Claude Tulloch Ducat First time
17 February 1916 to 8 March 1916 Hugh Stewart Second time
9 March 1916 to 14 June 1916 Claude Tulloch Ducat Second time
15 June 1916 to 22 June 1916 A. R. Burton Acting
23 June 1916 to 9 October 1916 Evelyn Berkeley Howell
10 October 1916 to 7 November 1916 Alan Richard Leopold King-Mason Acting
8 November 1916 to 12 October 1917 Lionel Berkeley Holt Haworth First time
12 October 1917 to 30 November 1917 John Macdonald Brickman Acting
1 December 1917 to 17 October 1919 Lionel Berkeley Holt Haworth Second time
17 October 1919 to 3 March 1920 Ronald Wingate First time
3 March 1920 to 10 April 1920 Mehervanji Janishedji Gazdar First time, acting
11 April 1920 to 20 October 1921 Ronald Wingate Second time
21 October 1921 to 28 February 1923 Maitland Easton Rae
1 March 1923 to 11 September 1923 Ronald Wingate Third time
11 September 1923 to 28 September 1923 Mehervanji Janishedji Gazdar Second time, acting
28 September 1923 to 31 October 1924 Reginald Graham Hinde
31 October 1924 to 24 May 1925 Charles Gilbert Crosthwaite First time
24 May 1925 to 7 October 1925 Reginald George Evelyn William Alban First time, acting
8 October 1925 to 12 February 1926 Charles Gilbert Crosthwaite Second time
12 February 1926 to 9 September 1926 Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett
10 September 1926 to 22 September 1926 G. A. Richardson Acting
23 September 1926 to 15 June 1930 George Patterson Murphy
15 June 1930 to 30 May 1931 Trenchard Craven William Fowle First time
30 May 1931 to 31 October 1931 Reginald George Evelyn William Alban Second time, acting
1 November 1931 to 25 July 1932 Trenchard Craven William Fowle Second time
25 July 1932 to 13 November 1932 Reginald George Evelyn William Alban Third time, acting
14 November 1932 to 23 March 1933 Claude Edward Urquhart Bremner First time
23 March 1933 to 16 June 1933 Reginald George Evelyn William Alban Fourth time, acting
17 June 1933 to 6 June 1935 Claude Edward Urquhart Bremner Second time
6 June 1935 to 26 April 1939 Ralph Ponsonby Watts
26 April 1939 to 3 April 1940 Tom Hickinbotham First time
3 April 1940 to 26 July 1940 John Baron Howes First time, acting
27 July 1940 to 14 August 1941 Tom Hickinbotham Second time
14 August 1941 to 22 January 1942 John Baron Howes Second time, acting
22 January 1942 to 22 May 1942 Reginald George Evelyn William Alban Fifth time, acting
23 May 1942 to 21 September 1943 Cornelius James Pelly
21 September 1943 to 31 October 1943 Richard Ernest Rowland Bird
1 November 1943 to 1 November 1944 Roy Douglas Metcalfe
1 November 1944 to 22 April 1945 Arnold Crenshaw Galloway
22 April 1945 to 29 November 1945 Ralph Ingram Hallows
1 December 1945 to 13 June 1947 Charles Stewart First time
November 1946 Joseph Edward Havelock Hudson Acting for Stewart
13 June 1947 to August 1947 Joseph Edward Havelock Hudson
August 1947 to August 1948 Charles Stewart Second time
April 1948 to August 1948 Patrick Desmond Stobart Acting for Stewart
August 1948 to September 1949 Randall Erskine Ellison
July 1949 to September 1949 R. McC. Andrew Acting for Ellison
Consuls-General
September 1949 to October 1958 Frederick Charles Leslie Chauncy
October 1958 to May 1960 William Neve Monteith
May 1960 to May 1963 John Fleetwood Stewart Phillips
May 1963 to October 1965 John Spenser Ritchie Duncan
October 1965 to September 1969 Derrick Charles Carden
September 1969 to 1971 David Crawford Served at the time of the 1970 Omani coup d'état

See also

  • Ben Cahoon (2000). "Oman". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
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