# Gordon Wetherell > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gordon_Wetherell > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gordon_Wetherell.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Wetherell > Source revision: 1346444286 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George) |image = Governor Gordon Wetherell (5011436688).jpg | caption = Gordon Wetherell in 2010 |office = [Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands](/source/Governor_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands) |term_start = 5 August 2008 |term_end = 21 August 2011 |predecessor = [Richard Tauwhare](/source/Richard_Tauwhare) |successor = [Ric Todd](/source/Ric_Todd) |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|11|11|df=y}} |birth_place = [Addis Ababa](/source/Addis_Ababa), Ethiopia |spouse = |alma_mater = [New College, Oxford](/source/New_College%2C_Oxford)
[University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago) }} '''Gordon Geoffrey Wetherell''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG}} (born 11 November 1948) is a British diplomat who was the former [governor](/source/governor) of the [Turks and Caicos Islands](/source/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands).{{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 }} He was appointed on 5 August 2008, replacing [Richard Tauwhare](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Premier_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands), [Michael Misick](/source/Michael_Misick).{{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}} He was educated at [Bradfield College](/source/Bradfield_College) (in [Bradfield, Berkshire](/source/Bradfield%2C_Berkshire)), at [New College, Oxford](/source/New_College%2C_Oxford) and at the [University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago).{{cite web|title=Wetherell, Gordon Geoffrey|work= [Who's Who 2009](/source/Who's_Who_(UK))|publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press)|date=December 2008 |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U39437|accessdate=15 August 2009}} His Foreign Office career has included service in [East Berlin](/source/East_Berlin), [Geneva](/source/Geneva), [New Delhi](/source/New_Delhi), and [Warsaw](/source/Warsaw).[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. From 1997 to 2000 he was the [British ambassador to Ethiopia](/source/List_of_Ambassadors_from_the_United_Kingdom_to_Ethiopia) (and concurrently [non-resident](/source/Dual_accreditation) ambassador to Eritrea and Djibouti). He served as [ambassador to Luxembourg](/source/List_of_ambassadors_from_the_United_Kingdom_to_Luxembourg) from 2000 to 2004, and [High Commissioner to Ghana](/source/List_of_High_Commissioners_from_the_United_Kingdom_to_Ghana) from 2004 to 2007. He was appointed [Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George) (CMG) in the [2011 Birthday Honours](/source/2011_Birthday_Honours).{{London Gazette |issue=59808 |date=11 June 2011 |page=3 |supp=y }}{{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}} Governor Wetherell's last official meeting in office was with the advisory council on 11 August 2011, in [Grand Turk](/source/Grand_Turk_Island). Wetherell departed the [Providenciales](/source/Providenciales), Turks and Caicos, on Sunday, 21 August 2011, ending his term as governor.{{cite news|title=Governor attends last Advisory Council meeting |url=http://www.suntci.com/index.php?p=story&id=1914 |work=[Turks & Caicos Sun](/source/Turks_%26_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 }} ==References== *[http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/article.php?news_id=9491 New governor arrives in Turks and Caicos on Monday] {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-dip}} {{succession box|before=[Robin Christopher](/source/Robin_Christopher_(diplomat))|title=[British Ambassador to Ethiopia](/source/List_of_Ambassadors_from_the_United_Kingdom_to_Ethiopia)|years=1997–2000|after=Myles Wickstead}} {{succession box|before=[William Ehrman](/source/William_Ehrman)|title=[British Ambassador to Luxembourg](/source/List_of_Ambassadors_from_the_United_Kingdom_to_Luxembourg)|years=2000–2004|after=[James Clark](/source/James_Clark_(British_diplomat))}} {{succession box|before=Roderick Pullen|title=[British High Commissioner to Ghana](/source/List_of_High_Commissioners_from_the_United_Kingdom_to_Ghana)|years=2004–2007|after=Nicholas Westcott}} {{s-gov}} {{succession box|before=[Richard Tauwhare](/source/Richard_Tauwhare)|title=[Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands](/source/Governor_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands)|after=[Ric Todd](/source/Ric_Todd)|years=2007–2011}} {{s-end}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wetherell, Gordon Geoffrey}} Category:1948 births Category:Living people Category:People educated at Bradfield College Category:Alumni of New College, Oxford Category:University of Chicago alumni Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Luxembourg Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Ethiopia Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Djibouti Category:Governors of the Turks and Caicos Islands Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Category:Members of HM Diplomatic Service Category:High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Ghana Category:20th-century British diplomats Category:21st-century British diplomats {{TurksCaicos-politician-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gordon Wetherell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Wetherell) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Wetherell?action=history)). 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