List of Chairmen of The Shanghai Municipal Council
Some of the persons who chaired the Shanghai Municipal Council were:
- Frederick Anderson (1905/1906)
- William Keswick (1865/66)
- Arnold Foster
- J. S. Fearon
- William Johnstone "Tony" Keswick
- Godfrey Phillips
- Henry Keswick—British Quarter
- Stirling Fessenden
- Harry Edward Arnhold (born 16 January 1879 in London)
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