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21 de ene. de 2022 · Terry Waite pictured shortly before he was taken captured. Born just outside Wilmslow in Cheshire, Waite took up a post with new Archbishop of Canterbury Rt Rev Dr Robert Runcie in 1980.
16 de jun. de 2023 · Former hostage Sir Terry Waite has been appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) for his services to charity. The humanitarian, 84, of Hartest, Suffolk, described ...
15 de jul. de 2016 · Hostage-taking, torture and other forms of ill-treatment continue to put a tremendous strain on victims and their families. In this interview, Terry Waite reflects on the causes fueling ever greater violence, the needs of the families at home and the consequences for humanitarian organizations protecting and assisting people affected by armed conflict and violence.
Sir Terry Waite KCMG CBE was born on May 31 1939, in Cheshire, the son of a village policeman. He was educated in London and abroad, and has worked for much of his life from a Church base. After working with the Church of England Board of Education in the UK and as an adviser to the Bishop of Bristol he accepted a position as adviser to the first African Archbishop of Uganda.
19 de nov. de 2021 · A woman whose postcard to Terry Waite gave him hope while he was being held captive in Beirut has told how she was "besieged" by the press on his return. The Archbishop of Canterbury's envoy was ...
19 de ene. de 2017 · Terry Waite, the last British hostage in Lebanon, flew home today to the rain and to the cheers.” SEVERSON : That was 1991, five years after Waite, an envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury, was ...
1991: 'It's over' - Terry Waite returns home. Church envoy Terry Waite went to Beirut in January 1987 to negotiate the release of several hostages being held there. But he ended up a hostage himself and was held captive for 1,760 days before being released on 18 November 1991. I remember saying three things to myself after I was taken hostage ...
