The most difficult question was a kid who said, Weve listened to you, Mr Patten. In 1990, John Major made Patten Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Chairman of the Conservative Party, with responsibility for organising the Conservative Party's re-election campaign for the upcoming general election. Patten. But if it was difficult to convince them of that hope then, certainly after 2019 when Mr Lees police had been beating them over the head, tasering and teargassing them, it wasnt going to be any easier., A year ago, Patten was taking Bobby for a walk in Richmond Park when he bumped into two Chinese couples in their mid-20s. Laura, Kate and little Alice, the daughters of the last Governor Chris Patten, were only in their early teens when they became unlikely celebrities. During the tenure of John Major as the PM, Patten served as the Chairman of the Conservative Party and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and played an instrumental role in his partys victory in the 1992 general election. Part of the reason that he despairs in watching our own democratic norms under threat proroguing parliament, undermining the independence of the judiciary and the neutrality of the civil service, threatening to ignore treaties in Northern Ireland is that he knows it makes it harder to criticise other regimes. He put out his memoir, 'Not Quite the Diplomat: Home Truths About World Affairs', on September 29, 2005. Hobbies and other interests: Tennis, reading, browsing in bookshops. Though he robustly defended the policy at the time, in his 2006 book Not Quite the Diplomat (published in the United States as Cousins and Strangers: America, Britain and Europe in the New Century) he claims to have thought it was a mistake on Margaret Thatcher's part. I look at people like Jeremy Hunt though I fear it is going to ruin his leadership chances for me to say hes perfectly good and decent.. The morning after the Westminster confidence vote, he sends me an email mentioning that he is at an airport on his way to give a memorial lecture to one of his political heroes, John Hume, prime mover in the Belfast agreement now under threat. He is the co-chair of International Crisis Group, overseeing many international operations. He was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong, serving between 1992 and 1997. He grew up in West London and attended a Catholic primary school, Our Lady of the Visitation, in Greenford, and later the independent St Benedict's School in Ealing, west London. 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Patten was the Conservative Party candidate for Lambeth Central at the February 1974 general election, but lost to the Labour Party candidate, Marcus Lipton. Patten was elected Member of Parliament for Bath in 1979. Grand promises made about one country, two systems mixed with anecdotes about the Pattens three daughters and two dogs. "It spits in the face of human rights and shows a delusional view of the Chinese Communist Party's trustworthiness on the international stage," Patten is quoted by the Daily Mail.. His comments came as 53 people were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of "subversion" in Hong Kong. Between 1998 and 1999, Chris Patten served as the Chairperson of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland. In the last three months, he says, partly as a result of Britains generous visa scheme, there have been 100,000-plus people from Hong Kong, teachers, medics, lawyers, leaving to come here and lots of other places as well. When they learn that their coach has died, they all return to New England with their families for the funeral. His work has been featured in Washington Post, Public Radio International, Hong Kong Economic Times and others. A colleague who works with Kate at the BBC describes her as "serious and hard-working". I listened to Sheila Hancock earlier talking about how one of the things about getting old is getting angrier. Sandra Lee is most worried for Andrew Cuomo's daughters in the wake of his sexual harassment scandal, sources told The Post.. Lee, who was with Cuomo for 14 years until their spit in September . In 2004, she appeared in Jonathan Creek as Gillian Bailey. Patten lives in a large villa in Barnes in south-west London, next to the wooded common. And they hate it when we do.. 1 episode, Six Wives with Lucy Worsley (2016) as Katherine Parr. "He seems a completely reasonable man when discussing the Middle East or energy policy, but when the conversation shifts to Chechnya or Islamic extremism, Putin's eyes turn to those of a killer.". Wednesday night, musician Chris Daughtry and his wife shared the cause of their daughter's sudden death on Nov. 12, 2021. They have three daughters together, Katharine Joan (born 1973), Laura (1974 or 1975), and Alice (1980). I occasionally get asked to preach in college chapels. Their little sister, who was spotted by an agent last summer when she appeared in a student production at Cambridge, will be in her element in the West End. Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC (Chinese: ;[1] born 12 May 1944) is a British politician who was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997 and Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992. 26 Sep 2005. Showing Editorial results for chris patten. Chris Patten, Hong Kong's last colonial governor, departed from the Government House in Hong Kong on the 1 st July 1997, and made the historic and iconic trip back to the HMY Britannia. But there was a bigger question, which I think framed the whole problem. Rt hon chris patten ch former governor and commander-in-chief hong kong with his wife lavender and daughters left to right kate laura and alice at buckingham palace to receive his invest. He might just have got through the modest . It was going to become part of China. [14], From 1998 to 1999, he chaired the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland, better known as the Patten Commission, which had been established in 1998 as part of the Belfast Agreement. Patten and his time in Hong Kong was the subject of the 5-part documentary series The Last Governor, which was filmed throughout his time in Hong Kong, including his arrival, key moments of his government such as the 1995 elections and his final day in office, ending as he departs Government House for the last time. Please refresh the page and/or try again. Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC ( Chinese: ; [1] born 12 May 1944) is a British politician. In PM Margaret Thatchers cabinet, Patten served as the Secretary of State for the Environment from July 1989 to November 1990. She's very charming, and can talk even the most unlikely person into appearing on TV.". How I wonder, sitting on his plump sofa, does he envisage that? East and West HB Spec Ed. Friends describe Rookwood, or "Rookers" as he is known, as "an avid Liverpool supporter, and a bit of a lad", but say that the couple - who have been together for eight months - are in love. They bought the Daily Express in the days when it was a decent newspaper., His vocation was shaped more by the timing of his birth, which came with tragedy and hope built in. What will happen if the Communist party starts arresting us, sending people to prison? In answer, he went, he says, through all those quotes one uses, you know, Nelson Mandela, you cant lock up an idea, and so on. He was also the last governor of the colony, as it was transferred to Chinese control on June 30, 1997. He was made a life peer in 2005 and has been Chancellor of the University of . degree from the University of Bath. He garnered widespread criticism for the controversial Community Charge (or so-called "Poll Tax"). Patten was educated at Island School in Hong Kong[1] Jun 2020 - Present2 years 9 months. The one he liked most was coined by an Episcopalian American missionary bishop who talked about being on the seashore with his friend. In 1992, Chris Patten, former chairman of the Conservative Party, was appointed Hong Kong's last governor, and was the man to oversee the handover ceremony of this former British colony. How Covid helped China tighten its hold on Hong Kong, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Patten was Chancellor of Newcastle University from 1999 to 2009. Developer Chris Patten has submitted new plans to build a four-story apartment complex at the corner of Glen and Bay streets, directly across from City Park. And yeah, I do get angry about things. JACK HILL. He is also a member of the Global Leadership Foundation, an organisation which works to promote good governance around the world. We dont have a Conservative government at all, but an English nationalist party. Chris Patten photographed at his home in London. The two posts combined had received more than 8,000 likes and 700 shares by Monday morning. Patten tried, he says, to give an answer that recognised that he was not being required to be as brave as they might be, in making that choice. They have three children. The first was a literalist one based on a reading by Ronald Knox, who was chaplain to Catholic students at Oxford. On May 1, 2011, following the advice from the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government led by Prime Minister David Cameron, the Queen-in-Council made him the Chairman of BBC Trust. The couple held their wedding reception at the rather unlavish Wetlands Centre close to the family home in Barnes, and on a rare social outing to a fundraising event at the Royal Academy last year Laura said: 'I am a very private person, and so is Elton. Perhaps because she was forced to play out her rebellious teenage years in the public view - a leader in The Independent in 1992 criticised her for failing to dress appropriately and sitting "in what could only be described as a slouch - legs askew and one arm dangled over the side of her chair," during a formal ceremony - Laura has cultivated a quiet domestic life out of the limelight and, after her sudden promotion to a pop-star level of fame in Hong Kong, now shuns publicity. Tony Blair suggested that it made the road to democracy [in China] unstoppable. The Tory grandee, publishing his diaries of his time as governor of Hong Kong, on the greedy west giving China an easy ride and his partys long nervous breakdown, A few minutes after the result of Mondays confidence vote in the prime minister was announced, I spoke to Chris Patten on the phone. Tory! He was the architect of Major's 1992 election victory, built on a belief that, post-Thatcher, the party must be "tolerant,. Chris Patten. Rather than use her name to her advantage, Laura has quietly worked her way up in the magazine world, beginning with three weeks work experience on Vogue, followed by a job at Harpers and Queen, then Vanity Fair, culminating in her present position at Tatler where she is known as hard-working and unpretentious. Christopher Francis Patten Visitor Chancellor of the University He is the 28th and final Governor of Hong Kong from 19 July 1992 until the end of British administration over the territory on 30 June 1997. He took steps to get in touch with the people of the colony, and was known for his penchant for taking public strolls around Hong Kong as well as in the media limelight. Skip to main content . Chris Patten was born on May 12, 1944, in Cleveleys, Lancashire, England, to Frank and Joan Patten. Patten turned down offers of a new post and instead, in July 1992, he became the 28th and the last governor of Hong Kong until its transfer of sovereignty to China on 30 June 1997. Marcus Higgins (David Spade) has become a single womanizer. If you tick permission to publish your name will appear above your contribution on our website. Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC ( Chinese: ; [1] born 12 May 1944) is a British politician who was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997 and Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992. The book was a lockdown project. He was made a life peer in 2005 and has been Chancellor of the University of Oxford since 2003. Photo: AFP/WTN Chris has an amazing sense of humour. It involved turning 850,000 words into 250,000. People said to him he couldnt talk to students about death, but he thought, why not? He reads a lot and is keen on tennis and gardening. The sometime barbed comedian made a point of noting that if octogenarian Biden isn't at the top of the Democrats' '24 ticket, 76-year old Donald Trump has a good chance of returning to the White House.. At Queens College, Cambridge - where a month ago she achieved a "slightly disappointing" 2:2 in modern languages, she went out with Jordan Frieda, the son of Lulu and hairdresser John Frieda. With wife, Lavender, and daughters (from left) Kate, Laura and Alice, after receiving the Order of the Companions of Honour at Buckingham Palace in 1998. ad things gone differently for him in 1992, it is quite possible to imagine that Patten could have been the first Catholic prime minister of Britain. It was an extremely apolitical household; my parents would have voted Conservative. Each email has a link to unsubscribe. "I'm the deputy beauty editor at Tatler, I'm very happy here, and that's it really. As party chairman, he successfully orchestrated a surprise Conservative electoral victory in 1992, but lost his own seat. [8], In contrast to his predecessors, Patten decided not to wear the official Court uniform on formal occasions. Patten's defeat was attributed to factors such as the Poll Tax.[6]. Posted By: VOHK April 12, 2016 By Chan King-cheung - We werent preparing it for independence. "I'm very, very private," she said from her office at Cond Nast. But life as just another face in the crowd never seemed likely for the Patten girls and now, Alice, the youngest of the three daughters, has just landed her first big acting role in Nicholas Wright's Vincent in Brixton, which opened on Monday in the West End. Try AbeBooks. Last Governor of Hong Kong Chris patten on 20th Anniversary - Full interview Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes CH PC (born 12 May 1944) is a British politician who served as the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997. [33], University roles and elevation to the peerage, BBC royal river pageant outside broadcast, Critical studies and reviews of Patten's work. He is portrayed by Noel Lester Rands.[30]. (30 Jun 1997) Natural Sound The last . In 2003 he was awarded an honorary LL.D. A picture of the family of last governor Chris Patten posted by her daughter Alice (left, front) on her Facebook turns viral on social media. [23], In September 2020, he wrote that "Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping's dictatorship is certainly thuggish. The Hong Kong Diaries by Chris Patten is published by Allen Lane . Patten grew up in an Irish Catholic family in west London, the son of an unsuccessful music publisher whose forebears had come to England from County Roscommon, Ireland. SHANGHAI -- Seventeen years after sailing on Britain's Royal Yacht away from Hong Kong, the tango dancer is on the move again. The latter initiative was heavily criticised in China, with one Chinese media outlet calling him a wrongdoer who would be condemned for a thousand generations. As the last Governor of Hong Kong, he supervised the final years of British governance in the colony and readied it for the transition to Chinese control in 1997. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chris_Patten_-2008-10-31-.jpg, https://flickr.com/photos/ukinfrance/11115110006, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3MtANpVq6s, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XkYBUBJgws. If Patten had been re-elected in 1992, sections of the media thought he would have been rewarded by appointment as Foreign Secretary, although in his autobiography John Major said that he would have made Patten Chancellor of the Exchequer. But what if youre wrong? From 2014 to 2016, he worked under Pope Francis as the head of the body that advises the Vatican on media strategy. Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC (Chinese: ; born 12 May 1944) is a British politician who was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997 and Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992. Get involved in exciting, inspiring conversations with other readers. Chris Patten trying to console his daughter Kate (left) on the evening of Hong Kong's handover as daughter Alice looks on. Chris Patten, who led Britain's last government in Hong Kong before the Asian financial hub was returned to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997, said it was "heartbreaking" to see its transformation. Commentaries Videos & Podcasts Author's Comments Sort by: Latest Popular Show: All On Point : Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH PC 1944 512 - . Chris Patten. Patten seems a consummately relaxed 78. A media frenzy greeted their exuberant, mini-skirted arrival in 1992, and their gulping tears when they left five years later came to symbolise the last days of the British Empire in the territory. He asked Patten the question that all young people from Hong Kong he meets now ask him: Do you think when we finish our degree we should go back to Hong Kong?. On John Major's succession as Prime Minister in 1990, Patten became Chairman of the Conservative Party and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. | Contact Us | Newsletter | Annual & Transparency Report. 1 episode, Heroes and Villains (2008) as Joan. Christopher Patten. Before relinquishing the colonial administration to China in 1997, he was fighting daily battles, mostly verbal, with . "I cried all day," she says of her very public departure. St Mary's Barnes, United Kingdom, SW13 9HL. [22] BBC Trust Vice Chairman Diane Coyle took over as Acting Chairman until the appointment of a new chairman. If ever there as a contradiction in terms it is that. The former Conservative party chairman and current rebellious Tory peer was dismayed to see the Johnson cult still hanging on. Tory! Hong Kong netizens have been posting old photos of Chris Patten's three daughters Laura, Kate and Alice when they were in Hong Kong, since the incident involving Leung Chun-yan, the Chief. Had he not lost his own seat in Bath in that election, partly because he was associated with the poll tax, he would have become, at 48, chancellor of the exchequer. Hardback. 1,311 Chris Patten Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images Images Creative Editorial Video Editorial FILTERS CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO All Sports Entertainment News Archival Browse 1,311 chris patten stock photos and images available or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. For people of my age, it was a bit like being born just after the Congress of Vienna [of 1814], to then live through a period of stability and growing prosperity, longevity, better health, in which there were a number of givens: Europe or welfare democracy or that thing that Peter Hennessy writes about, leaders who, in the absence of a written constitution, could be trusted to do the right thing.. They have three daughters together, Katharine Joan (born 1973), Laura (1974 or 1975), and Alice (1980). Between 1974 and 1979, he served as the director of the Conservative Research Department. CH PC Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes 1944512 Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 19921997 Hong Kong nicknamed him Fat Pang (Chinese: ), making him the only governor to have a widely recognised Chinese nickname. He was given an official Chinese name, Pang Ding-hong (Chinese: ), a name with an etymology based on the words "stability" and "calm; joyous; healthy". Do you think that they always saw through that? [17], Patten was the biggest proponent in the commission for Turkey's accession to the European Union. Patten also played the role of Vicky Anderson, in an episode of New Tricks, the daughter of an English-born Hong Kong businessman, Douglas Anderson, who had been involved in questionable building deals in Hong Kong, shortly before the end of British rule in 1997.[5]. His wifes father competed in the 1936 Olympics, part of that Chariots of Fire generation, and was killed in 1944. He was born into an Irish Catholic family on his paternal side. He states baldly at one point a belief in an afterlife. Mirsky had many Chinese friends, but he denounced the Chinese Communist party as wicked. Patten believes both politicians and businessmen are too slow to say that. In 1999, Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, was in New York representing the European Commission. [20], As Chairman of the BBC Trust, Patten joined the Prince of Wales and other members of the royal family in the royal box for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert. See PA story ROYAL Patten. If Patten places some of his faith in what comes next, however, he hasnt quite given up hope of redemption in the here and now. Your contributions must be polite and with no intention of causing trouble. A year later, he became Minister for Overseas Development at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. I take as my baseline what Nelson Mandela said about the Rhodes Trust, he says. Patten oversaw many crises in the area of European foreign policy, most notably the failure of the European Union to come up with a common unified policy before the Iraq War in 2003. Netizens were amazed by the apparent response from the English actress, however, as it is a fan page it isunlikely that it is managedby Patten herself. In 1999, he was appointed as one of the United Kingdom's two members to the European Commission as Commissioner for External Relations where he was responsible for the Union's development and co-operation programmes, as well as liaison with Javier Solana, the High Representative of the Common Foreign and Security Policy. The plans call for 21 apartment units . During his time in Hong Kong, Patten and his government considerably increased the reach of the territory's social welfare programmes and brought about democratic reforms to the electoral system. I mean, it was a colonial project. Indian film, This page was last edited on 16 February 2023, at 22:23. 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Their mother, Lavender Patten, told the Evening Standard that her daughters had never wanted to be famous in the first place. The plan was to hand the lot over to the Bodleian Library in Oxford, but he felt he should get it in order. When MP for Bath (1979-92) he served as Minister for Overseas Development, Secretary of State for the Environment and Chairman of the Conservative Party. Had things gone differently for him in 1992, it is quite possible to imagine that Patten could have been the first Catholic prime minister of Britain. On 23 May 2005 he was appointed by Cadbury as a non-executive director.[16]. London, WC2H 0HE He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Bath in 1979, and served until he was unseated in 1992. 1 episode, Merlin (20092010) as Ygraine. Two books, one by the ex-governor and another by professor Ho-fung Hung, offer insights into China's savage repression . 1 episode, Midsomer Murders (2004) as Emily Hide. Source for information on Patten, Chris 1944-: Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series dictionary. Please could you let us know your source of information. Laura, meanwhile, who 10 years ago catapulted the Patten girls to celebrity status by appearing at the age of 17 in a micro-skirt and a tight T-shirt, launching a bout of Laura-mania in the Hong Kong press, is now the deputy health and beauty editor of Tatler. SELECT OPTIONS SAVE TO CART The City of M. [3] Patten's father, Frank, a jazz-drummer turned popular-music publisher and his mother Joan sent him to a Catholic primary school, Our Lady of the Visitation, in Greenford, and later to the independent St Benedict's School in Ealing, west London, where he won an exhibition to read Modern History at Balliol College, Oxford. Theyre watching a ship under full sail heading over the horizon at dusk. In October 2009, Patten was Chief Guest at The Doon School, a boarding school in Dehradun, India, which is a member of the United Kingdom's Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. After he left Hong Kong, Patten was part of the EU team that negotiated Chinas accession to the World Trade Organization in 2002. In 2005, he became an appointed member of the British peerage. The tone sometimes threatens to override his reservations about Britains own shaming colonial history that led to the acquisition of the rocks in the first place. [29], In 2014 Pope Francis appointed Patten to head a body to advise the Vatican on media strategy and on how to handle the press, which he remained on until 2016. He was educated in modern history at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with a second-class honors degree in 1965. How do you know this? Bartis Edmond Hawley-Wall, Kyler Havard, Zealot23, Nich Smith, Matt Koltes, Chris Mulvihill . In the 1998 New Year Honours, Queen Elizabeth II appointed him a Companion of Honour (CH).[31]. For a decade between 1999 and 2009, he was the Chancellor of Newcastle University. (30 Jun 1997) Natural Sound The last governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten has left his colonial-style mansion for good.Patten bade his 250 staff an emotional. Hes exactly what authoritarians dont like: feisty, tough, pastoral, funny. Zen reminds him, he says, of another brave, up-yours kind of person, Jonathan Mirsky, the former Observer correspondent who covered the Tiananmen Square massacre. Alice Patten is a English actress appeared in film Rang De Basanti opposite Aamir Khan.The British actress is daughter of politician Chris Patten, she played character Sue who came to India to make a documentary film about the British rule. 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