- Hostage negotiator.
- He was awarded the M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1982 Queen's Honours List and the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1992 Queen's Honours List for his services to Great Britain.
- He was Founder of Children of Y Care, The International Development Wing of the British YMCA.
- He is the Founder and Trustee of the Butler Trust (work within British Prisons).
- He is a Member of the Advisory Council of Victim Support.
- He is a patron of the Home for Disabled-Hospital Broadcasting-Friends of Commonwealth Institute.
- He was awarded BBC Man of the Year in 1985.
- He was awarded the Templeton U.K. Award.
- He was awarded the Roosevelt Four Freedoms Medal.
- He was awarded three doctorates of Civil Laws from the University of Kent at Canterbury; the University of the City of London in London, England; and at the University of Sussex.
- He was awarded two doctorates of law of the University of Durham in Durham, England and at Liverpool University in Liverpool, England.
- He was awarded an honorary L.H.D. from Wittenburg University in 1992.
- He was awarded the Honorary Doctor of International Law and Honorary Chancellor at Florida Southern University.
- He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Yale University Divinity School in 1992 in New Haven, Connecticut.
- Has four children with wife, Helen: Daughters: Clare, Ruth and Gillian. Son: Mark.
- He was awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours List for his services to Charity and to Humanitarian Work. He is Co-Founder and President of Hostage International.
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