predecessor successor birth_place office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
richard tauwhare ric todd addis ababa , ethiopia governor of the turks and caicos islands 11 november 1948 5 august 2008 gordon wetherell
 21 august 2011 gordon wetherell new college , oxford university of chicago
gordon wetherell

gordon geoffrey wetherell , cmg -lrb- born 11 november 1948 -rrb- is a british diplomat who was the former governor of the turks and caicos islands .
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 .
he was educated at bradfield college -lrb- in bradfield , berkshire -rrb- , at new college , oxford and at the university of chicago .
his foreign office career has included service in east berlin , geneva , new delhi , and warsaw .
from 1997 to 2000 he was the british ambassador to ethiopia -lrb- and concurrently non-resident ambassador to eritrea and djibouti -rrb- .
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 -lrb- cmg -rrb- in the 2011 birthday honours .
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 .
