List of Consuls-General of the United Kingdom in Shanghai

Consul-General of the United Kingdom in Shanghai
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

1. "British Consulate-General Shanghai is moving to the new British Centre in December 2014". British Consulate General Shanghai. 2 December 2014.
2. 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. 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.
15. "Sue Bishop". China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
16. "Carma Elliot CMG OBE". British Council China. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
17. "Consul-General in Shanghai - Brian Davidson". GOV.UK. Her Majesty's Government. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
18. "Consul-General in Shanghai - John Edwards". gov.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

External links

• British Consulate-General Shanghai