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British Consuls and Consuls-General at Zanzibar
| Date | Name |
| Consuls | |
| 1840-1857 | Atkins Hamerton |
| 1858-1860 | Christopher Palmer Rigby |
| 1861-1862 | Lewis Pelly |
| 1862-1865 | Robert Lambert Playfair |
| 1865-1870 | Henry Adrian Churchill |
| 1870-1873 | John Kirk |
| Consuls-General | |
| 1873-1886 | John Kirk |
| 1887-1888 | Claude Maxwell Macdonald |
| 1888-1891 | Charles Bean Euan Smith |
| 1891-1893 | Gerald Portal |
| 1893-1894 | James Rennell Rodd |
| 1894-1900 | Arthur Henry Hardinge |
| 1900-1904 | Charles Norton Edgecumbe Eliot |
| 1904-1909 | Basil Shillito Cave |
| 1909-1913 | Edward Clarke |
In 1891 a British protectorate was established under a Consul-General subject to the Foreign Office. In 1913 the Colonial Office assumed control, although the form of the protectorate remained, and a Resident was appointed. In 1963 Zanzibar became independent, and in 1964 it joined neighbouring Tanganyika to form Tanzania.
Source: Henige
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