title: List of British representatives in the Trucial States
text: # List of British representatives in the Trucial States
  
  This is a list of British representatives in the Trucial States from 1939 to 1971. They were responsible for representing British interests in the Trucial States, a British protectorate consisting of seven emirates in the Persian Gulf, which formed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after the protectorate ended.
  
  For British representatives in the UAE since 1971, see: List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the United Arab Emirates.
  
  ## List
  
  (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
  
  | Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
  | - | - | - |
  | Political Officers (in Sharjah) |||
  | October 1939 to October 1940 | John Baron Howes | |
  | October 1940 to April 1941 | Roy Douglas Metcalfe | |
  | 7 April 1941 to April 1942 | Cornelius James Pelly | First time |
  | March 1943 to April 1944 | Maurice Patrick Tandy | |
  | May 1944 to October 1944 | Michael Hadow | |
  | October 1944 to April 1945 | Richard Ernest Rowland Bird | |
  | 3 April 1945 to April 1946 | Raymond Clive Murphy | |
  | May 1946 to January 1947 | Hugh Rance | First time |
  | January 1947 to May 1947 | Gordon Noel Jackson | First time |
  | May 1947 to June 1947 | Hugh Rance | Second time |
  | June 1947 to July 1947 | Cornelius James Pelly | Second time |
  | July 1947 to August 1947 | Gordon Noel Jackson | Second time |
  | 1947 to 1948 | Joseph Edward Havelock Hudson | |
  | 1948 to 1950 | Patrick Desmond Stobart | |
  | 1950 to 1951 | Harry Denis Mitchell | |
  | 1951 to 1952 | John Wilton | |
  | 1952 | Martin Buckmaster | |
  | 1952 to 1953 | Michael Scott Weir | |
  | Political Agents (in Dubai) |||
  | 20 May 1953 to 1955 | John William Wall | Most known by his pen name Sarban |
  | 1955 to 1956 | Christopher Pirie-Gordon | |
  | 1956 to 1958 | John Peter Tripp | |
  | 1958 to 1961 | Donald Hawley | |
  | 1961 to 1964 | Alfred James M. Craig | |
  | 1964 to 1966 | Glencairn Balfour Paul | |
  | 1966 to 1968 | David Roberts | |
  | 1968 to 1971 | Julian Bullard | |
  | 1971 | Julian Fortay Walker | |
  