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-{{Short description|British diplomat}}
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-{{Infobox officeholder
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-| name               = Roderick Gemmell
-| honorific-suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=OBE|size=100%}}
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-| office             = [[High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to the Bahamas|British High Commissioner to the |Bahamas]]
-| term_start         = 2003
-| term_end           = 2005
-| primeminister      = [[Tony Blair]]
-| monarch            = [[Elizabeth II]]
-| predecessor        = [[Peter Heigl]]
-| successor          = [[Jeremy Cresswell]]
-| birth_date         = {{birth date|1950|08|19|df=y}}
-| death_date         = {{death date and age|2020|01|28|1950|08|19|df=y}}
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-•	'''Roderick Gemmell''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (19 August 1950 - 28 January 2020)<ref>{{Who's Who | author = [Anon.] | year = 2024 | title = Gemmell, Roderick | id = U4000148 | doi = 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U4000148
-}}</ref> is a British former diplomat<ref>{{London Gazette
- | issue = 56595
- | date = 12 June 2002
- | page =  24
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- | city = London
- | title = O.B.E
- | quote = The QUEEN has been graciously pleased to appoint the undermentioned to be Officers of the British Empire: Roderick Gemmell Director of Entry Clearance, Lagos For services to British cultural tourism exports
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-}}</ref> who was [[High Commissioner (Commonwealth)|High Commissioner]] to [[List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to the Bahamas|the Bahamas]] from 2003 <ref>{{cite news
- | url = https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/court-circular-cwzfbqr63z3
- | title = Court Circular
- | date = February 2003
- | publisher = The Times
- | accessdate=10 March 2024}}</ref> to 2005.<ref>{{ cite book | last = Turner | first = Barry | title = The Statesman's Yearbook 2005: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the Worlds | year = 2005 | location = [[London]] | publisher = Palgrave McMillan| isbn = 978-0-230-27133-3}}</ref>
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-== Early life ==
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-Gemmell was educated at Craigbank Secondary School and joined the [[National Savings and Investments|Post Office Savings Bank]] on leaving school.
-== Career ==
-Gemmell entered  the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office|FCO]]  in 1967. He served in [[ Bahrain]], [[ Washington DC]], [[ The Hague]], [[ Mbabane]] and [[ Stockholm]] before becoming Second Secretary in [[Ankara]]. He was  First Secretary at [[Kampala]] from  1994 to 1997; and Director of Entry Clearance at [[Lagos]] from  1998 until his appointment in the Bahamas.<ref>{{cite news
- | url = https://www.gulabin.com/britishdiplomatsdirectory/pdf/britishdiplomatsdirectory.pdf
- | title = A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS
- | date = 6 December 2009
- | publisher = Open Government License v2.0.
- | accessdate=10 March 2024}}</ref>
-== References ==
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-{{s-bef|before=[[Peter Heigl]]}}
-{{s-ttl|title=[[List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to the Bahamas|British High Commissioner to the Bahamas]]|years=2003–2005}}
-{{s-aft|after=[[Jeremy Cresswell]]}}
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-[[Category:1950 births]]
-[[Category:2020 deaths]]
-[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
-[[Category:High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to the Bahamas]]
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