TERRY
WAITE
Terry Waite
was born in
Cheshire on
31st May 1939.
He was educated
locally and
received his
higher education
in London.
On leaving
college he
was appointed
as Education
Advisor to
the Anglican
Bishop of
Bristol and
remained in
that post
until he moved
to East Africa
in 1969. In
Uganda he
worked as
rovincial
Training Adviser
to the first
African Anglican
Archbishop
of Uganda,
Rwanda and
Burundi and
in that capacity
travelled
extensively
throughout
East Africa.
Together with
his wife Frances
and their
four children
he itnessed
the Amin coup
in Uganda
and both he
and his wife
narrowly escaped
death on several
occasions.
From his office
in Kampala
he founded
the Southern
Sudan Project
and was responsible
for developing
programmes
of aid and
development
for this war
torn region.
In 1972 he
responded
to an invitation
to work as
an International
Consultant
to a Roman
Catholic Medical
Order and
moved with
his family
to live in
Rome. From
this base
he travelled
extensively
throughout
Asia, Africa,
North and
South America
and Europe,
both conducting
and advising
on programmes
concerned
with Institutional
Change and
Development,
Inter-Cultural
Relations,
Group and
inter-group
Dynamics and
a broad range
of development
issues connected
with health
and education.
In 1980 he
moved to Lambeth
Palace to
join the Archbishop
of Canterbury's
Private Staff.
In his capacity
as Advisor
to the Archbishop
he had responsibility
for the Archbishop's
diplomatic
and ecclesiastical
exchanges.
He arranged
and travelled
with the Archbishop
on the first
ever visit
of an Archbishop
of Canterbury
to China,
visited Australia,
New Zealand,
Burma, USA,
Canada, The
Caribbean,
South Africa,
East and West
Africa.
In the early
1980's his
negotiation
of the release
of several
hostages from
Iran brought
him to public
attention.
In 1993 he
negotiated
with Colonel
Ghadafi for
the release
of British
Hostages held
in Libya.
In January
1987 while
negotiating
for the release
of Western
Hostages in
Lebanon he
himself was
taken captive
and remained
a prisoner
for 1,763
days, the
first four
years of which
were spent
in total solitary
confinement.
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