title: List of British representatives in Muscat and Oman
text: # List of British representatives in Muscat and Oman
  
  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 |
  