Gordon Wetherell

{{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
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.{{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 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.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8202339.stm], BBC News report.

He was educated at Bradfield College (in Bradfield, Berkshire), at New College, Oxford and at the University of Chicago.{{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}} His Foreign Office career has included service in East Berlin, Geneva, New Delhi, and 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 (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.

He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 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=Archived copy |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 }}

Governor Wetherell's last official meeting in office was with the advisory council on 11 August 2011, in Grand Turk. Wetherell departed the 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 |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 }}