| Post: | Consul-General of the United Kingdom in Shanghai |
| Insignia: | Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg |
| Insigniasize: | 120px |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom |
| Incumbent: | Matt Burney |
| Incumbentsince: | September 2023 |
| Style: | His Excellency |
| Residence: | Shanghai |
| Formation: | 1 December 1842 |
| Inaugural: | George Balfour |
| 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]
| 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 | ||
| Frederick E. B. Harvey | April 1863 | 6 June 1863 | ||
| John Markham | 6 June 1863 | March 1865 | ||
| Charles Alexander Winchester | March 1865 | January 1871 | ||
| Walter Henry Medhurst | January 1871 | March 1880 | ||
| Arthur Davenport | January 1877 | March 1880 |
| Name | Tenure Begin | Tenure End | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Joseph Hughes | March 1880 | 1 April 1891 | ||
| Sir Nicholas John Hannen | 1 April 1891 | 13 November 1897 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Sir Everard Duncan Home Fraser | July 1911 | 24 August 1922 | ||
| James William Jamieson | 23 June 1919 | January 1920 | ||
| Sir Sidney Barton | 24 August 1922 | 21 May 1929 | ||
| John Fitzgerald Brenan | 21 May 1929 | 14 August 1932 | ||
| Charles Edward Whitmore | 14 August 1932 | 12 December 1932 | ||
| Arthur Dickinson Blackburn | 12 December 1932 | 27 March 1933 | ||
| John Wallace Ord Davidson | 27 March 1933 | 19 December 1933 | ||
| Sir John Fitzgerald Brenan | 19 December 1933 | 10 September 1935 | ||
| John Wallace Ord Davidson | 10 September 1935 | 24 September 1937 | ||
| Sir Herbert Phillips | 24 September 1937 | 17 January 1940 | [2] | |
| Sir Anthony Hastings George | 17 January 1940 | 8 December 1941 | ||
| Sir Alwyne Ogden | 8 September 1945 | 21 June 1947 | ||
| Michael Cavenagh Gillett | 21 June 1947 | 2 November 1948 | ||
| Robert Urquhart | 2 November 1948 | July 1950 | ||
| Kenneth Bumstead | 4 July 1950 | 1950 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Douglas Brookfield | June 1964 | July 1966 | |
| Peter Hewitt | October 1966 | 24 May 1967 | [3] |
| 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 | [4] | |
| Carma Elliot | December 2006 | January 2011 | [5] | |
| Brian Davidson | January 2011 | June 2015 | [6] | |
| John Edwards | June 2015 | June 2019 | [7] | |
| Chris Wood | July 2019 | June 2023 | ||
| Matt Burney | September 2023 | [8] |