November of which year Mr. (afterwards Sir Nicholas) Hannen was appointed. "He was succeeded January, 1882, by Mr. (afterwards Sir Hiram) Wilkinson, while Mr. H. P. Wilkinson was appointed to the position in December, 1897, holding it until his retirement re: cently, The appointment of Mr. Mossop will give the greatest satisfaction Shanghai and elsewhere in China, for already the new Crown Advocate has given proof of his capacity conducting the work of such an office, Mr, Mossop was educated at the South' African College, Capetown, and afterwards at Pembroke College, Cambridge, taking the d grees of M.A., LIB. He was called to the Bar in 1908 at the Inner 'Temple, andeame to China in 1909) Since ' 1915 he has been' ywn Advocate of the Territory of Weihaiwei, and, during the same period has acted at intervals extending "over four Crown Advocate in Chin he was appointed British Custodian of Enemy Property in China, which post he held until July, 1920.
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