List of Consuls-General of the United Kingdom in Shanghai
Consul-General of the United Kingdom in Shanghai | |
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Incumbent since September 2023Matt Burney | |
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
[edit]Consuls, 1842–1880
[edit]Name | Tenure Begin | Tenure End | Notes |
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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
[edit]Name | Tenure Begin | Tenure End | Notes |
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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
[edit]Name | Tenure Begin | Tenure End | Notes |
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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
[edit]Name | Tenure Begin | Tenure End | Notes |
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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
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d Acting Consul.
- ^ Acting Consul from July 1868 to January 1871.
- ^ Also served as Chief Justice of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan, 1891–1900.
- ^ a b c d e Acting Consul-General.
- ^ Term interrupted by Japanese occupation of the Shanghai International Settlement and declaration of war.
References
[edit]- ^ "British Consulate-General Shanghai is moving to the new British Centre in December 2014". British Consulate General Shanghai. 2 December 2014.
- ^ "No. 27330". The London Gazette. 5 July 1901. p. 4469.
- ^ "No. 33527". The London Gazette. 20 August 1929. p. 5404.
- ^ "No. 34166". The London Gazette. 31 May 1935. p. 3608.
- ^ The Straits Times, 9 June 1939, p. 15.
- ^ "No. 34912". The London Gazette. 11 July 1940. p. 4742.
- ^ "No. 37900". The London Gazette. 7 March 1947. p. 1117.
- ^ "No. 38192". The London Gazette. 30 January 1948. p. 742.
- ^ "No. 38565". The London Gazette. 18 March 1949. p. 1384.
- ^ "No. 39081". The London Gazette. 1 December 1950. p. 6006.
- ^ "No. 42915". The London Gazette. 8 February 1963. p. 1190.
- ^ Grey, Anthony (25 May 1967). "Chinese Mob Daubs Glue on 2 Britons". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "Sue Bishop". China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ "Carma Elliot CMG OBE". British Council China. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ "Consul-General in Shanghai - Brian Davidson". GOV.UK. Her Majesty's Government. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ "Consul-General in Shanghai - John Edwards". gov.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "Matthew Burney CMG". GOV.UK. Retrieved 29 October 2023.