Allan Mossop

Sir Allan George Mossop (30 July 1887 – 14 June 1965) was a British judge of South African origin who served in China.

He then went to university in England attending Pembroke College, Cambridge graduating with an MA and LLB.

[citation needed] In December 1933, he was appointed Chief Judge of the British Supreme Court for China on the retirement of Sir Peter Grain.

[6] His appointment as judge was formally terminated in May 1943 after the Sino-British Treaty for the Relinquishment of Extra-Territorial Rights in China was ratified.

He retired in 1947 and returned to his home in Fish Hoek, Cape Town, South Africa.

Mossop with US Consul General Clarence E. Gauss in Shanghai in 1939
Mossop (far right) at a birthday Party for H.E. Arnhold in Shanghai in 1939. Also present G.W. Boosevain, Asst Judge Penrhyn Grant Jones and Ellis Hayim.