page_title: Allan Mossop
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Allan Mossop / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Judge Sir Allan Mossop and Consul General Clarence Gauss in Shanghai in 1939
context_page_description: Sir Allan George Mossop was a British judge of South African origin who served in China. He was the Chief Judge of the British Supreme Court for China from 1933 to 1943.
context_section_description: Mossop moved to Shanghai, China soon after being called as barrister and was admitted to practice before the British Supreme Court for China and Corea in 1909.
  In 1916, Mossop was appointed the Crown Advocate for Weihaiwei when Hiram Parkes Wilkinson, the Crown Advocate for China who had held that position was appointed Judge in Weihaiwei. In 1926 on Wilkinson's retirement as Crown Advocate for China, Mossop was appointed Crown Advocate for China. As Crown Advocate, Mossop was allowed to continue private practice as a barrister.
  In December 1933, he was appointed Chief Judge of the British Supreme Court for China on the retirement of Sir Peter Grain. He was knighted in May 1937.
caption: Mossop with US Consul General Clarence E. Gauss in Shanghai in 1939
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