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
Matt Burney
since September 2023
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceShanghai
Inaugural holderGeorge Balfour
Formation1 December 1842
WebsiteBritish 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 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 [note 1]
Frederick E. B. Harvey April 1863 6 June 1863 [note 1]
John Markham 6 June 1863 March 1865 [note 1]
Charles Alexander Winchester March 1865 January 1871
Walter Henry Medhurst January 1871 March 1880 [note 2]
Arthur Davenport January 1877 March 1880 [note 1]

Consuls-General, 1880–1958

Name Tenure Begin Tenure End Notes
Patrick Joseph Hughes March 1880 1 April 1891
Sir Nicholas John Hannen 1 April 1891 13 November 1897 [note 3]
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 [2]
Sir Everard Duncan Home Fraser July 1911 24 August 1922
James William Jamieson 23 June 1919 January 1920 [note 4]
Sir Sidney Barton 24 August 1922 21 May 1929
John Fitzgerald Brenan 21 May 1929 14 August 1932 [3]
Charles Edward Whitmore 14 August 1932 12 December 1932 [note 4]
Arthur Dickinson Blackburn 12 December 1932 27 March 1933 [note 4][4]
John Wallace Ord Davidson 27 March 1933 19 December 1933 [note 4]
Sir John Fitzgerald Brenan 19 December 1933 10 September 1935
John Wallace Ord Davidson 10 September 1935 24 September 1937 [note 4]
Sir Herbert Phillips 24 September 1937 17 January 1940 [5]
Sir Anthony Hastings George 17 January 1940 8 December 1941 [note 5][6]
Sir Alwyne Ogden 8 September 1945 21 June 1947 [7]
Michael Cavenagh Gillett 21 June 1947 2 November 1948 [8]
Robert Urquhart 2 November 1948 July 1950 [9]
Kenneth Bumstead 4 July 1950 1950 [10]
Scott Burdett 1950 1951
John Coghill 1951 1952
Allan Veitch 1952 September 1954
Frederick Garner September 1954 July 1956
Ayrton John Seaton Pullan July 1956 May 1958

British Consul attached to the Shanghai Overseas Chinese Affairs Commissioner, 1958–1967

Name Tenure Begin Tenure End Notes
Harry Wright June 1958 July 1960
Frank Chatterton Butler July 1960 February 1962
Brian Stewart February 1962 July 1962
Douglas Spankie 4 July 1962 June 1964 [11]
Douglas Brookfield June 1964 July 1966
Peter Hewitt October 1966 24 May 1967 [12]

Consuls-General, 1985–present

Name Tenure Begin Tenure End Notes
Trevor Mound March 1985 June 1987
Iain Orr June 1987 December 1990
John Macdonald December 1990 1994
Simon Featherstone 1994 1996
Warren Townend 1996 2000
Paul Raymond Sizeland 2000 July 2003
Sue Bishop July 2003 December 2006 [13]
Carma Elliot December 2006 January 2011 [14]
Brian Davidson January 2011 June 2015 [15]
John Edwards June 2015 June 2019 [16]
Chris Wood July 2019 June 2023
Matt Burney September 2023 [17]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Acting Consul.
  2. ^ Acting Consul from July 1868 to January 1871.
  3. ^ Also served as Chief Justice of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan, 1891–1900.
  4. ^ a b c d e Acting Consul-General.
  5. ^ Term interrupted by Japanese occupation of the Shanghai International Settlement and declaration of war.

References

  1. ^ "British Consulate-General Shanghai is moving to the new British Centre in December 2014". British Consulate General Shanghai. 2 December 2014.
  2. ^ "No. 27330". The London Gazette. 5 July 1901. p. 4469.
  3. ^ "No. 33527". The London Gazette. 20 August 1929. p. 5404.
  4. ^ "No. 34166". The London Gazette. 31 May 1935. p. 3608.
  5. ^ The Straits Times, 9 June 1939, p. 15.
  6. ^ "No. 34912". The London Gazette. 11 July 1940. p. 4742.
  7. ^ "No. 37900". The London Gazette. 7 March 1947. p. 1117.
  8. ^ "No. 38192". The London Gazette. 30 January 1948. p. 742.
  9. ^ "No. 38565". The London Gazette. 18 March 1949. p. 1384.
  10. ^ "No. 39081". The London Gazette. 1 December 1950. p. 6006.
  11. ^ "No. 42915". The London Gazette. 8 February 1963. p. 1190.
  12. ^ Grey, Anthony (25 May 1967). "Chinese Mob Daubs Glue on 2 Britons". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Sue Bishop". China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  14. ^ "Carma Elliot CMG OBE". British Council China. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  15. ^ "Consul-General in Shanghai - Brian Davidson". GOV.UK. Her Majesty's Government. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  16. ^ "Consul-General in Shanghai - John Edwards". gov.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  17. ^ "Matthew Burney CMG". GOV.UK. Retrieved 29 October 2023.