Gordon Wesley Jewkes

Background

Jewkes, Gordon Wesley Son of Jesse Jewkes.

Education

Graduate, Magnus School, Newark-on-Trent, England.

Career

With, General Register Office, Durham, England, 1950-1963, 65-68; with, CS Pay Research Unit, 1963-1965; joined, Her Majesty's Diplomatic Svc., 1968; Colorado, later Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Her Majesty Diplomatic Service, 1968-1969; consul (commercial), Her Majesty's Diplomatic Svc., Chicago, 1969-1972; deputy high commissioner, Her Majesty's Diplomatic Svc., 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 Svc., Cleveland, 1979-1982; consul-general, Her Majesty Diplomatic Service, Chicago, 1982-1985; governor, Falkland Islands, 1985-1988; also high commissioner British Antarctic Terrace, Falkland Islands, 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.

Achievements

• Gordon Wesley Jewkes has been listed as a noteworthy diplomat by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Joyce Lyons, 1954.

Father:

Jesse Jewkes Jewkes

Spouse:

Joyce Lyons