The consul-general from the United Kingdom in Shanghai is the United Kingdom's diplomatic representative within the city of Shanghai in 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.
List of consuls-general Consuls, 1842–1880 NameTenure beginTenure endNotesGeorge Balfour1 December 18427 October 1846Rutherford Alcock7 October 1846May 1854Sir Daniel Brooke RobertsonMay 1854December 1858Sir Harry Smith ParkesDecember 1858March 1865Thomas Taylor Meadows23 July 1859April 1863Frederick E. B. HarveyApril 18636 June 1863 John Markham6 June 1863March 1865Charles Alexander WinchesterMarch 1865January 1871Walter Henry MedhurstJanuary 1871March 1880Arthur DavenportJanuary 1877March 1880
Consuls-general, 1880–1958 NameTenure beginTenure endNotesPatrick Joseph HughesMarch 18801 April 1891Sir Nicholas John Hannen1 April 189113 November 1897George Jamieson13 November 189713 May 1899Byron Brenan13 May 18991 July 1901Sir Pelham Laird Warren1 July 1901January 1911Sir Everard Duncan Home FraserJuly 191124 August 1922James William Jamieson23 June 1919January 1920Sir Sidney Barton24 August 192221 May 1929John Fitzgerald Brenan21 May 192914 August 1932Charles Edward Whitmore14 August 193212 December 1932Arthur Dickinson Blackburn12 December 193227 March 1933John Wallace Ord Davidson27 March 193319 December 1933Sir John Fitzgerald Brenan19 December 193310 September 1935John Wallace Ord Davidson10 September 193524 September 1937Sir Herbert Phillips24 September 193717 January 1940The Straits Times, 9 June 1939, p. 15.Sir Anthony Hastings George17 January 19408 December 1941Sir Alwyne Ogden8 September 194521 June 1947Michael Cavenagh Gillett21 June 19472 November 1948Sir Robert Urquhart2 November 1948July 1950Kenneth Bumstead4 July 19501950Scott Burdett19501951John Coghill19511952Allan Veitch1952September 1954Frederick GarnerSeptember 1954July 1956Ayrton John Seaton PullanJuly 1956May 1958
British consuls attached to the Shanghai overseas Chinese affairs commissioner, 1958–1967 NameTenure beginTenure endNotesHarry WrightJune 1958July 1960Frank Chatterton ButlerJuly 1960February 1962Brian StewartFebruary 1962July 1962Douglas Spankie4 July 1962June 1964Douglas BrookfieldJune 1964July 1966Peter HewittOctober 196624 May 1967
Consuls-general, 1985–present NameTenure beginTenure endNotesTrevor MoundMarch 1985June 1987Iain OrrJune 1987December 1990John MacdonaldDecember 19901994Simon Featherstone19941996Warren Townend19962000Paul Raymond Sizeland2000July 2003Sue BishopJuly 2003December 2006Carma ElliotDecember 2006January 2011Brian DavidsonJanuary 2011June 2015John EdwardsJune 2015 June 2019 Chris WoodJuly 2019 June 2023Matt BurneySeptember 2023
See also
Former Consulate-General of the United Kingdom, Shanghai British Supreme Court for China
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References
External links British Consulate-General Shanghai