List of Consuls-General of the United Kingdom in Shanghai

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Consul-General of the United Kingdom in Shanghai
Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg
Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Incumbent
John Edwards
since June 2015
Style His Excellency
Residence Shanghai
Inaugural holder George Balfour
Formation 1 December 1842
Website British Consulate-General Shanghai

The Consul-General from the United Kingdom in Shanghai is the United Kingdom's diplomatic representative within the city of Shanghai in the People's Republic of China. From 1842 to 1949 the Consul-General's office and residence was located in the British Consulate General in Shanghai on the Bund; from 1985 to 2014 in the Shanghai Centre on Nanjing West Road; and from December 2014 in the new British Centre on West Beijing Road.[1]

List of Consuls-General

Consuls, 1842–1880

Name Tenure Begin Tenure End Notes
George Balfour 1 December 1842 7 October 1846
Rutherford Alcock 7 October 1846 May 1854
Sir Daniel Brooke Robertson May 1854 December 1858
Sir Harry Smith Parkes December 1858 March 1865
Thomas Taylor Meadows 23 July 1859 April 1863 [2]
Frederick E. B. Harvey April 1863 6 June 1863 [2]
John Markham 6 June 1863 March 1865 [2]
Charles Alexander Winchester March 1865 January 1871
Walter Henry Medhurst January 1871 March 1880 [3]
Arthur Davenport January 1877 March 1880 [2]

Consuls-General, 1880–1949

Name Tenure Begin Tenure End Notes
Patrick Joseph Hughes March 1880 1 April 1891
Sir Nicholas John Hannen 1 April 1891 13 November 1897 [4]
George Jamieson 13 November 1897 13 May 1899
Byron Brenan 13 May 1899 1 July 1901
Sir Pelham Laird Warren 1 July 1901 January 1911 [5]
Sir Everard Duncan Home Fraser July 1901 24 August 1922
James William Jamieson 23 June 1919 January 1920 [6]
Sir Sidney Barton 24 August 1922 21 May 1929
John Fitzgerald Brenan 21 May 1929 14 August 1932 [7]
Charles Edward Whitmore 14 August 1932 12 December 1932 [6]
Arthur Dickinson Blackburn 12 December 1932 27 March 1933 [6][8]
John W. O. Davidson 27 March 1933 19 December 1933 [6]
Sir John Fitzgerald Brenan 19 December 1933 10 September 1935
John W. O. Davidson 10 September 1935 24 September 1937 [6]
Sir Herbert Phillips 24 September 1937 17 January 1940 [9]
Sir Anthony Hastings George 17 January 1940 8 December 1941 [10][11]
Sir Alwyne Ogden 8 September 1945 21 June 1947 [12]
Michael Cavenagh Gillett 21 June 1947 26 May 1949 [13][14]

British Counselor attached to the Shanghai Overseas Chinese Affairs Commissioner, 1954–1967

Name Tenure Begin Tenure End Notes
Frederick Garner September 1954 July 1956
A. J. S. Pullan July 1956 May 1958
J. H. Wright June 1958 July 1960
F. C. Butler July 1960 February 1962
B. Stewart February 1962 July 1962
D. Spankie July 1962 June 1964
D. Brookfield June 1964 July 1966
P. M. Hewitt October 1966 May 1967

Consuls-General, 1985–present

Name Tenure Begin Tenure End Notes
T. E. J. Mound March 1985 June 1987
Iain Orr June 1987 December 1990
John Macdonald December 1990 1994
Simon Featherstone 1994 1998
Paul Raymond Sizeland 1999 July 2003
Sue Bishop July 2003 December 2006 [15]
Carma Elliot December 2006 January 2011 [16]
Brian Davidson January 2011 June 2015 [17]
John Edwards June 2015 [18]

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Acting Consul.
  3. ↑ Acting Consul from July 1868 to January 1871.
  4. ↑ Also served as Chief Justice of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan, 1891–1900.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27330. p. 4469. 5 July 1901.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Acting Consul-General.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33527. p. 5404. 20 August 1929. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34166. p. 3608. 31 May 1935. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  9. ↑ The Straits Times, 9 June 1939, p. 15.
  10. ↑ Term interrupted by Japanese occupation of the Shanghai International Settlement and declaration of war.
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34912. p. 4742. 11 July 1940. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 37900. p. 1117. 7 March 1947.
  13. ↑ Consulate closed due to occupation of Shanghai by the People's Liberation Army.
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 38192. p. 742. 30 January 1948.
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