{{Short description|British diplomat (born 1948)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}} {{Use British English|date=November 2014}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = |name = Gordon Wetherell |honorific_suffix = CMG |image = Governor Gordon Wetherell (5011436688).jpg | caption = Gordon Wetherell in 2010 |office = Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands |term_start = 5 August 2008 |term_end = 21 August 2011 |predecessor = Richard Tauwhare |successor = Ric Todd |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|11|11|df=y}} |birth_place = Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |spouse = |alma_mater = New College, Oxford<br />University of Chicago }} '''Gordon Geoffrey Wetherell''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG}} (born 11 November 1948) is a British diplomat who was the former governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands.<ref name="debretts">{{Cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/w/13667/Gordon%20Geoffrey+WETHERELL.aspx |title=Mr Gordon Wetherell, CMG Authorised Biography – Debrett's People of Today, Mr Gordon Wetherell, CMG Profile |access-date=6 November 2010 |archive-date=8 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808065549/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/w/13667/Gordon%20Geoffrey+WETHERELL.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was appointed on 5 August 2008, replacing Richard Tauwhare in the position. On 14 August 2009, he assumed direct political control when the British government imposed direct rule on the islands in response to a Foreign Office inquiry which found "information in abundance pointing to a high probability of systematic corruption or serious dishonesty" in the islands' administration under former premier, Michael Misick.<ref name="test">{{Cite news |date=2009-08-14 |title=UK imposes Turks and Caicos rule |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8202339.stm |access-date=2026-02-13 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
He was educated at Bradfield College (in Bradfield, Berkshire), at New College, Oxford and at the University of Chicago.<ref name=Who>{{cite web|title=Wetherell, Gordon Geoffrey|work= Who's Who 2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=December 2008 |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U39437|accessdate=15 August 2009}}</ref> His Foreign Office career has included service in East Berlin, Geneva, New Delhi, and Warsaw.<ref>[http://tcgov.tc/info--ID--319.html Life as a Career Diplomat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818024827/http://tcgov.tc/info--ID--319.html |date=18 August 2009 }}, TCI government web site.</ref> From 1997 to 2000 he was the British ambassador to Ethiopia (and concurrently non-resident ambassador to Eritrea and Djibouti). He served as ambassador to Luxembourg from 2000 to 2004, and High Commissioner to Ghana from 2004 to 2007.<ref name="debretts" />
He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2011 Birthday Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59808 |date=11 June 2011 |page=3 |supp=y }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/documents/digitalasset/dg_197793.pdf |title=Birthday Honours List 2011 |access-date=11 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930100018/http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/%40dg/%40en/documents/digitalasset/dg_197793.pdf |archive-date=30 September 2012 |url-status=dead |date=June 11, 2011}}</ref>
Governor Wetherell's last official meeting in office was with the advisory council on 11 August 2011, in Grand Turk.<ref name=tcsun/> Wetherell departed the Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, on Sunday, 21 August 2011, ending his term as governor.<ref name=tcsun>{{cite news|title=Governor attends last Advisory Council meeting |url=http://www.suntci.com/index.php?p=story&id=1914 |work=Turks & Caicos Sun |date=22 August 2011 |accessdate=23 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004164012/http://www.suntci.com/index.php?p=story&id=1914 |archivedate=4 October 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
==References== *[http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/article.php?news_id=9491 New governor arrives in Turks and Caicos on Monday] {{Reflist}}
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