Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southorn KCMG KBE (4 August 1879 – 15 March 1957) (Chinese Translated Name: 修頓, Old Translated Name:蕭敦), known as Tom, was a British colonial administrator, spending the large part of his career in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) before serving as Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong, then Governor of The Gambia.

[3] In 1936, he was made Governor of the Gambia, notably describing the colony as "a geographical and economic absurdity".

In 1904, then a humble 'Office Assistant', Southorn had met Leonard Woolf on his arrival in Ceylon from England.

[3][5] Southorn Playground in Wan Chai, Hong Kong was named for him in 1934, while he was Colonial Secretary.

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