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For the last 19 years he has been chancellor of Oxford University. Kris Cheng is a Hong Kong journalist with an interest in local politics. The Hong Kong Diaries is published on 21 June by Allen Lane (30). 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. Chris Patten. The daughter of the last British governor of Hong Kong has receiveda recent outpouring of affection from Hongkongers, following an incident in whichthe Chief Executive allegedly used his privilegestohelp his daughter bypass airport security rules. To support the Guardian and Observer order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. Showing Editorial results for chris patten. Hong Kong news Independent, impartial, non-profit. Source for information on Patten, Chris 1944-: Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series dictionary. On September 11, 1971, Chris Patten married barrister Lavender Thornton. But there was a bigger question, which I think framed the whole problem. He was born into an Irish Catholic family on his paternal side. Patten is portrayed the video game Hong Kong 97 as ordering Chin, an unspecified relative of Bruce Lee, to massacre the entire population of mainland China. 1979 . Laura patten Stock Photos and Images. In a speech on the future of the BBC, which he said was "one of this country's greatest institutions", Patten called on ministers to respect the "besieged" broadcaster's independence, and set in place measures to stop it becoming "the plaything of the government of the day". [11] The legislative council which was elected under Patten's governorship was dissolved upon the handover of Hong Kong to the PRC and replaced by a Provisional Legislative Council which did not have any democratic functions until elections were held under the previous rules in 1998. We'll need your email address so that we can follow up on the information provided and contact you to let you know when your contribution has been published. He is portrayed by Noel Lester Rands.[30]. Christopher Patten. God Save The Queen. His family was Irish Catholic. The EU and Moldova. Do you think that they always saw through that? Last edited on 16 February 2023, at 22:23, "Laura's straw hat puts Patten in the shade", "Old Patten family photos making some Hongkongers nostalgic", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice_Patten&oldid=1139788810, The Forsyte Saga (2002) as Imogen. * Academics were turning out in full regalia for a procession and ceremony at . A month after her father was elected Chancellor of Oxford University,. But the last two Ive done involved preaching on the days when the readings were about death and afterwards.. But what if youre wrong? 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.. I listened to Sheila Hancock earlier talking about how one of the things about getting old is getting angrier. [2][3], Her first major role after graduation was Eugenie in Vincent in Brixton in the West End in 2002.[4]. 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. 26 Sep 2005. Friday & Saturday 10:30 - 21:00. Tory! Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. 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. As party chairman, he successfully orchestrated a surprise Conservative electoral victory in 1992, but lost his own seat. This account already exists. Kris is HKFP's Editorial Director. Under a painted portrait of Patten and his wife of 51 years are photographs of their eight grandchildren. Also Known As: Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, children: Alice Patten, Kate Patten, Laura Patten, See the events in life of Chris Patten in Chronological Order, (Chancellor of the University of Oxford (Since 2003)). Marcus Higgins (David Spade) has become a single womanizer. After he left Hong Kong, Patten was part of the EU team that negotiated Chinas accession to the World Trade Organization in 2002. One of them, a postgraduate medical student at Oxford, stopped him to explain that they had met at that meeting and Patten had been photographed with him carrying the yellow umbrella symbol of protest. His second thought was metaphor. All real Hong Kongers miss the Patten family very much. The Black Watch [the last British military unit to leave] werent going to hold Hong Kong against the Peoples Liberation Army. If ever there as a contradiction in terms it is that. He became a life peer in 2005, and since 2003, he has held the position of the Chancellor of Oxford University. Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post: Trump may be . Patten was not a career diplomat, unlike the previous governors. SHANGHAI -- Seventeen years after sailing on Britain's Royal Yacht away from Hong Kong, the tango dancer is on the move again. Something went wrong. There are still a few. Well, there are two elements to it. Laura, Kate and little Alice, the daughters of the last Governor Chris Patten, were only in their early teens when they became unlikely celebrities. Although nominated for the post of President in the next Commission in 2004, he was unable to gain support from France and Germany. n Hong Kong, they were known as the Three Graces. He was also the last governor of the colony, as it was transferred to Chinese control on June 30, 1997. How I wonder, sitting on his plump sofa, does he envisage that? His work has been featured in Washington Post, Public Radio International, Hong Kong Economic Times and others. You can see it in the language used by [former Hong Kong chief executive] Carrie Lam and now this terrible policeman who is her successor, John Lee. A practising Roman Catholic, he organized Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom in September 2010. How do you know this? 1 episode, Merlin (20092010) as Ygraine. Chris Patten is Chancellor of Oxford University. Ann Lewis. On 9 September 1999, the Commission produced its report, entitled A New Beginning: Policing in Northern Ireland and popularly known as the Patten Report, which contained 175 symbolic and practical recommendations. Search instead in Creative? Chris Patten Writing for PS since 2000 151 Commentaries Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong and a former EU commissioner for external affairs, is Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the author of The Hong Kong Diaries (Allen Lane, 2022). They're now grown up and all doing fine. Patten receiving the union flag after it was lowered for the last time at Government House - the governors official residence - during a farewell ceremony in Hong Kong in 1997. In 2016, in the wake of a student movement to remove the statue of Cecil Rhodes from a college in Oxford, as had happened in South Africa, Patten said that Oxford students who did not like Cecil Rhodes should "think about being educated elsewhere". 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]. Wednesday night, musician Chris Daughtry and his wife shared the cause of their daughter's sudden death on Nov. 12, 2021. On the table is the book hes just put down, Julia Boyds A Village in the Third Reich: How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed by the Rise of Fascism, and a copy of his own new book, The Hong Kong Diaries, which is the occasion for our meeting. He was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong, serving between 1992 and 1997. 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. 1 episode, Jonathan Creek (2004) as Dawn/Gillian Bailey. In 1990, he was appointed the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Chairman of the Conservative Party. 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. 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. The most difficult question was a kid who said, Weve listened to you, Mr Patten. 2 episodes, Where the Heart Is (2003) as Candida Oliver-Watts. You can opt-out at any time by signing in to your account to manage your preferences. It's just that after those heady years in the spotlight, her sisters would seem to crave the exact opposite. We normally spend our time down the pub and avoid society events like the plague.". 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. There is a 1930s village atmosphere, which bankers and lawyers now pay 5m to inhabit. 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. Anyway on we go, in my case to Strasbourg and treason the European parliament. Even for old Tories, hope springs eternal. He was made a life peer in 2005 and has been Chancellor of the University of Oxford since 2003.. Raised in west London, Patten studied history at . And yeah, I do get angry about things. 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. Contact Us Hong Kong nicknamed him Fat Pang (Chinese: ), making him the only governor to have a widely recognised Chinese nickname. He turns off a muted symphony when I arrive. 10 Jun 2008. He is known for Tory! "We are very, very happy together," she says. We have been together for ages and he's wonderful. He talks about how you will see Christ sitting at the right hand of his father and a sort of celebrity troop of angels, Patten says, chuckling. He reads a lot and is keen on tennis and gardening. Posted By: VOHK April 12, 2016 By Chan King-cheung - She's very charming, and can talk even the most unlikely person into appearing on TV.". Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC is a politician from Britain. In PM Margaret Thatchers cabinet, Patten served as the Secretary of State for the Environment from July 1989 to November 1990. Her father Leung Chun-ying called an ambulance to the Government House and told reporters that Chai-yan was under a lot of pressure as a young girl, that she has been seeking medical help. Before that she was doing a series called Rock Shrines, about dead pop stars and their fans. Chris Patten. Between 1998 and 1999, Chris Patten served as the Chairperson of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland. Simply to denounce it seems crazy. St Mary's Barnes, United Kingdom, SW13 9HL. Chris Patten at his home in Barnes. Please note that we cannot provide valuations. PHOTOGRAPH Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images He kept a daily journal of his historic years in Hong Kong, partly on tape recordings. Indian film, This page was last edited on 16 February 2023, at 22:23. "I thought there was a prospect that (China) would keep its word, and I'm sorry that it hasn't," he said in London. Chris Patten, the 28th and last governor of Hong Kong was swallowing hard as he emerged from Government House for the last time yesterday afternoon. Miserable times he writes. Do you have specialist knowledge or a particular interest about any aspect of the portrait or sitter or artist that you can share with us? She portrayed Ygraine Pendragon, the deceased Queen of Camelot, the mother of Arthur, and the wife of the King Uther Pendragon in the BBC series Merlin . 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. Many good people were driven out of the Conservative party by Brexit. Patten, a practising Catholic, has been disturbed in particular by the recent crackdown on religion and the arrest of Cardinal Zen, the churchs primate in Hong Kong. He was appointed Secretary of State for the Environment by Margaret Thatcher in 1989 as part of her third ministry, becoming responsible for implementation of the unpopular poll tax. And I dont see what pulls the party together again. Does he ever get mad, watching his lifes work, at home and abroad, unravel? At midnight Hong Kong Time 1 July 1997 (16:00 GMT, 30 June 1997), he sent the telegram: "I have relinquished the administration of this government. Prices start at 6 for unframed prints, 25 for framed prints. Patten was educated at Island School in Hong Kong[1] Yana Gupta. 1 episode, Downtown Abbey (2014) as Diana Clark. In 2005, he became an appointed member of the British peerage. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired. In 2019, amidst the protests in Hong Kong, Patten spoke out in support of the protesters. The diaries of the last British Governor of Hong Kong, published on the 25th anniversary of the handoverIn June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to try to prepare it not (as other British colonies over the decades) for independence, but for handing back in 1997 to the Chinese, from whom most of its territory had been leased 99 years previously. Chris Patten's Hong Kong Diaries take us behind the scenes of 1997 handover Kevin Rudd, the former Australian prime minister and new ambassador to the United States, made himself far more. (2006), Points of View (1961) and The Walden Interview (1988). The 42-year-old musician's family confirmed to People magazine that Hannah Price, who was found dead in her home two . His latest sermon outlined three possibilities. 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. Patten was Chancellor of Newcastle University from 1999 to 2009. In May 2016, Patten said that the BBC has "lost some of its ambition" in its coverage of science, philosophy and history, and should "stretch" audiences more. Please ensure your comments are relevant and appropriate. Alice Patten is an English actress, and the daughter of Chris Patten, a prominent British Conservative politician and the last governor of Hong Kong. To me, they're not a story, they're just my girls.". She lived in Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997. We're completely supportive of her and backing her 110 per cent. 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. [23], In September 2020, he wrote that "Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping's dictatorship is certainly thuggish. And him looking at me mystified. When Alice took her bow on the stage of Wyndham's Theatre on Monday night, both Laura and Kate were there to support her. In politics, one has to make a distinction between people who are doing things that are wrong and people who are trying to do things that are right. His wifes father competed in the 1936 Olympics, part of that Chariots of Fire generation, and was killed in 1944. 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. 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. Verden, Alexander Griffiths, SnipsGTI, Brian Sousa, bilbens baggo, Stuart, IbKelek, Galygious, Andrew Patton, Nicole Patten, Clementine . He was made a life peer in 2005 and has been Chancellor of the University of . Environment secretary Chris Patten (r) was charged with introducing the poll tax Instead of the tax shining a spotlight on spendthrift local councils, she said, the government was getting the. 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. [32] In March 2009, Patten received the title Doctor honoris causa by South East European University. I have trained 5 . Consider its policies in Xinjiang. Please refresh the page and/or try again. We dont have a Conservative government at all, but an English nationalist party. Chris Patten photographed at his home in London. What the Chinese have done in Xinjiang is wicked. Patten was also denounced by some Chinese media and politicians as the "whore of the East" and a "serpent", and was most famously called a "sinner who would be condemned for a thousand generations" (Chinese: ) by Lu Ping, the head of China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. Its funny you should say that. Which he thought was something which was valuable to South Africa. Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong and a former EU commissioner for external affairs, is Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the author of The Hong Kong Diaries (Allen Lane, 2022). 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. LegCo members returned in 1995 were originally to serve beyond the Handover, thereby providing institutional continuity across the transition of Hong Kong to the PRC. If hes honest he cant see any other future for the territory than that it will have its freedoms and its attributes as an open society stripped away comprehensively. He has been an opponent of the movement at Oxford to tear down the statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes. She has played a key role in the Bollywood film Rang De Basanti (2006). Chris Patten, with wife Lavender and daughters Alice and Laura, is greeted by the Chief Secretary, Sir David Ford, on arrival in Hong Kong on 9 July 1992 Much of the time during the summer is. And nobody should ever see the words Nadine Dorries and culture secretary in the same sentence.. [17], Patten was the biggest proponent in the commission for Turkey's accession to the European Union. The Gallery holds the most extensive collection of portraits in the world. 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His role however is minor as the film depicts him being replaced with one month to go before the handover. In 2005 and 2006, she appeared in English Touring Theatre's Hamlet, playing Ophelia opposite Ed Stoppard's Prince of Denmark. Patten was noted to be in tears throughout the day, notably after his speech at Tamar. The plans call for 21 apartment units . 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. 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. He was Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 until 1997, Chairman for the Independent Commission on Policing after the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 . However the general public regarded him positively. It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large. We werent preparing it for independence. Hong Kong netizens have been posting oldphotos of Chris Pattensthree daughters Laura, Kate and Alice when they were in Hong Kong, since the incident involving Leung Chun-yan, the Chief Executives youngest daughter, was revealedby local media. Chris Patten, Hong Kong's final British governor before the 1997 handover, says the UK should tell China its proposal for a Hong Kong national security law is "outrageous". However, he lost his marginal seat of Bath to the Liberal Democrat candidate Don Foster at that election. 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 is also the one of only two living former governors of Hong Kong with Sir David Wilson. It is hard to beat Dominic Grieves description of him as a moral vacuum., A few minutes later he phones me back. Patten has become a kind of living reminder of that shift on the right. Alice has obviously chosen to go into a world that's amazing and stuff, which will obviously attract attention, but she's my dearest best friend, she's absolutely amazing, and I know she'll be a huge star. Visiting him is like stepping into a lost Conservative hinterland. 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.. There is an inevitable sentimental or nostalgic strain to Pattens diaries of 25 years ago, as he departed on the royal yacht. Their mother, Lavender Patten, told the Evening Standard that her daughters had never wanted to be famous in the first place. Angela Wintle. Receiving a Coolidge travelling scholarship, he went to US, where he was part of the campaign of then-Republican New York Mayor John Lindsay. After obtaining a modern history degree in 1965, he became active in politics and joined the Conservative Party. Patten has become a kind of living reminder of that shift on the right. And its probably just because so many of the things that I think my generation took for granted are now being trashed., Patten was not a silver-spoon Tory. The former Conservative party chairman and current rebellious Tory peer was dismayed to see the Johnson cult still hanging on. 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's most controversial actions in Hong Kong are related to the 1994 electoral reform. In 2004, she appeared in Jonathan Creek as Gillian Bailey. Alice Patten is an English actress, and the daughter of Chris Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, a prominent British Conservative politician and the last Governor of Hong Kong. In 2010, The Tablet named him as one of Britain's most influential Catholics. It involved turning 850,000 words into 250,000. 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. Within the last five years of British rule, acclaimed journalist Jonathan Dimbleby was given unique access to the governor which enabled him to document the . The controversial US oil plan explained, Green leader storms out of council meeting after being misgendered. Patten was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Northern Ireland Office in June 1983. Patten's actions were strongly criticised by the pro-Beijing political parties of Hong Kong. "I'm the deputy beauty editor at Tatler, I'm very happy here, and that's it really. He described the government as shameful and seedy. In October, he severely criticised the Hong Kong government for banning face masks. Chris Patten was born on May 12, 1944 in Ealing, London, England. That grim communist-speak.. [15] This report led to the disbanding of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and establishment of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. They have three daughters together, Katharine Joan (born 1973), Laura (1974 or 1975), and Alice (1980). 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 has been a Conservative member of the House of Lords since 2005. PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN STILLWELL/PA. From 2014 to 2016, he worked under Pope Francis as the head of the body that advises the Vatican on media strategy. He held the parliamentary seat until 1992. Tory! 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