The first British Consulate in Shanghai was built in 1852 on the choicest piece of real estate in the settlement, at the junction of the Whangpoo River and Soochow Creek.It was destroyed by fire on December 23rd, 1870, and most of the records were lost. A new building, which survives, was erected in 1872.
An excerpt from Encyclopaedia Sinica: "The following are H.B.M. Consuls or Consuls-General who have had office in Shanghai, with dates of appointment:
- 1843 Captain George Balfour
- 1846 Rutherford Alcock
- 1854 Danbiel Brooke Robertson
- 1858 Harry Smith Parkes
- 1865 Charles Alexander Winchester
- 1871 Walter Henry Medhurst
- 1877 Daniel Brooke Robertson
- 1880 Patrick Joseph Hughes
- 1891 Nicholas John Hannen
- 1897 George Jamieson
- 1899 Byron Brenan
- 1901 Palham Laird Warren
- 1911 Everard Duncan Home Fraser"
