List of British Resident Ministers in Nepal

A Resident of the British Empire is a government official required to take up permanent residence in another country. A representative of his government, he officially has diplomatic functions which are often seen as a form of Indirect rule. From 1802 to 1923 there were twenty British residents in Nepal^[1][2][3] who directly or indirectly played a significant role in the Nepalese politics. The establishment of the British Residency in Nepal is seen as a direct effect of the eighth point of the Sugauli Treaty between Nepal and the East India Company in 1816. The title of Resident was officially changed to Envoy after the Nepal-Britain Treaty of 1923.

List of Residents

Name	Portrait	Life	Tenure
William Hunter Douglas Knox	None available	b. 1762 - d. 1829	1802–1803
Vacant			1803–1816
John Peter Boileau (acting)	None available	b. 1790 - d. 1818	1816
Edward Gardiner	None available	?	1816–1829
Brian Houghton Hodgson[4]		b.1800 - d. 1894	1829–1831
Thomas Herbert Maddock	None available	18 May 1792 – 15 January 1870	1831–1833
Brian Houghton Hodgson, Second time		b.1800 - d. 1894	1833–1843
Henry Montgomery Lawrence		28 June 1806 - 4 July 1857	1843–1845
John Russell Colvin	None available	May 29, 1807 – September 9, 1857	1845–1847
Charles Thoresby	None available	?	1847–1850
James Claudius Erskine	None available	1821–1893	1850–1852
George Ramsay	None available	1812–1887	1852–1867
Richard Charles Lawrence	None available	b. 1817 - d. 1896	1867–1872
Charles Edward Ridgway Girdlestone	None available	b. 1839 - d. ?	1872–1888
Edward Law Durand	None available	b. 1839 - d. ?	1872–1888
Henry Wylie	None available	b. 1844 - d. 1918	1891–1899
Archibald Mungo Muir	None Available	b. 1847 - d. 1899	1899
Thomas Caldwell Pears	None Available	b. 1851 - d. 1921	1901–1902
Charles Withers Ravenshaw	None Available	b. 1851 - d. 1935	1902–1905
John Manners Smith	None Available	1864 - d. 1920	1905–1916
Steuart Farquharson Bayley	None Available	b. 1863 - d. 1938	1916–1918
William Frederick Travers	None Available	b. 1870 - d. 1943	1918–1923

See also

• Brian Houghton Hodgson
• Henry Montgomery Lawrence
• Sugauli Treaty

References

1. Regmi, Jagdishchandra (2045 B.S.). Nepal ko Itihash. Kathmandu: Sajha Prakashan. p. 135. Check date values in: |date= (help)
2. Acharya, Baburam (2000). Aba Esto Kailei Nahos. Kathmandu: Sajha Prakashan.
3. Nepal, Residents. "Residents of Nepal". Nepalese history. World Statesmen.
4. Yadav, Pitambar Lal (2053 B.S.). Nepal ko rajnaitik itihas. Benaras: Modern Deepak Press. p. 139. Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

• List of British Resident Ministers in Nepal
• British Residents of Nepal