Background
JEWKES, Gordon was born on November 18, 1931. Son of the late Jesse Jewkes.
JEWKES, Gordon was born on November 18, 1931. Son of the late Jesse Jewkes.
Barrow Grammar School, Magnus Grammar School, Newark-on-Trent and elsewhere.
With General Register Office, Durham, England, 1950-1963, 65-68, Christian Science Pay Research Unit, 1963-1965. Joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, 1968. Colorado, later Foreign and Commonwealth Office Her Majesty Diplomatic Service, 1968-1969.
Consul (commercial) Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, Chicago, 1969-1972, deputy high commissioner Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 1972-1975. Finance officer and head finance department Foreign and Commonwealth Office Her Majesty Diplomatic Service, 1975-1979. Consul-general Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, Cleveland, 1979-1982, Her Majesty Diplomatic Service, Chicago, 1982-1985.
Governor Falkland Islands, 1985-1988, also high commissioner British Antarctic Terrace, 1985-1988. Consul-general, director general trade and investment in the United States New York City, 1989-1991. Board director Hogg Group Plc, Slough Estates Plc.
Civil Service Pay Research Unit 65.
Married Joyce Lyons in 1954.