Governor of Gibraltar
Terry was Governor of Gibraltar from 19 November 1985 to December 1989
During his tenure as Governor, Terry authorised the SAS to pursue Provisional IRA members as part of Operation Flavius. On 18 September 1990 the PIRA attempted to kill Terry at his Staffordshire home in retaliation. The attack took place at 9 pm at the Main Road house. The shooter(s) opened fire through a window hitting him at least nine times. His wife, Betty, Lady Terry, was also shot and injured, near her eye. The couple's daughter, Liz, was found suffering from shock. Terry's face had to be rebuilt as the shots shattered his face and two high-velocity bullets lodged a fraction of an inch from his brain. The then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, said that she "was utterly appalled and deeply grieved" by the shooting.
Read more about this topic: Peter Terry
Famous quotes containing the words governor of and/or governor:
“[John] Brough’s majority is “glorious to behold.” It is worth a big victory in the field. It is decisive as to the disposition of the people to prosecute the war to the end. My regiment and brigade were both unanimous for Brough [the Union party candidate for governor of Ohio].”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“President Lowell of Harvard appealed to students ‘to prepare themselves for such services as the Governor may call upon them to render.’ Dean Greenough organized an ‘emergency committee,’ and Coach Fisher was reported by the press as having declared, ‘To hell with football if men are needed.’”
—For the State of Massachusetts, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)