 Between 1926 and 1934 Ingram was chargé d'affaires in Berlin, then chargé d'affaires in the legation in Peking, and was appointed full Counsellor in Peking while resident in Shanghai and Nanjing (the latter place was where the Chinese Government was resident).He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1934.Between 1935 and 1937 he was chargé d'affaires in Rome, after which he returned to the Foreign Office.