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. [citation needed]. After serving the organisation for three years, he resigned on May 6, 2014. On 29 September 2005, he published his memoirs, Not Quite the Diplomat: Home Truths About World Affairs. He turns off a muted symphony when I arrive. Patten seems a consummately relaxed 78. Those are three values for the scrapbook. She lived in Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997. [27], Patten is a Catholic and oversaw Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom in September 2010. Patten was the Conservative Party candidate for Lambeth Central at the February 1974 general election, but lost to the Labour Party candidate, Marcus Lipton. It is certainly important to use Rhodes money for more black African students. 1 episode, Jonathan Creek (2004) as Dawn/Gillian Bailey. The first was a literalist one based on a reading by Ronald Knox, who was chaplain to Catholic students at Oxford. 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. It involved turning 850,000 words into 250,000. "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. 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. 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.. In 2010, The Tablet named him as one of Britain's most influential Catholics. They have three children. The Hong Kong Diaries by Chris Patten is published by Allen Lane . 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? Posted By: VOHK April 12, 2016 By Chan King-cheung - He is also a member of the Global Leadership Foundation, an organisation which works to promote good governance around the world. Concepts like that were mysterious to them. Patten has become a kind of living reminder of that shift on the right. 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. She still lives at home with her parents and is particularly close to her father, who is now the external relations commissioner for the European Union and is described by Alice as "the best listener I know". "Kate makes documentaries now," says her mother, who trained as a barrister, but currently works as a mediator for couples whose marriages have broken down. They had the mandate of heaven and I didnt even have the mandate of the voters of Bath. Verden, Alexander Griffiths, SnipsGTI, Brian Sousa, bilbens baggo, Stuart, IbKelek, Galygious, Andrew Patton, Nicole Patten, Clementine . 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. 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 youngest daughter of Chris Patten is to star in a "lusty" BBC One drama about the life and loves of King Charles II. Hong Kong nicknamed him Fat Pang (Chinese: ), making him the only governor to have a widely recognised Chinese nickname. [15] This report led to the disbanding of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and establishment of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Please note that we cannot provide valuations. Chris 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. The plan was to hand the lot over to the Bodleian Library in Oxford, but he felt he should get it in order. Skip to main content . It's that kind of awful TV.". 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. Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, was no stranger in picking fights with China. [citation needed]. He was one of the United Kingdom's two members to the European Commission as Commissioner for External Relations from 1999 to 2004. [26] They have three daughters, including the actress Alice Patten. It was politically and morally difficult both for them and for us. But the debate goes on.. Tue 28th June 2022. The book was a lockdown project. His subsequent career has been a tour of duty of threatened institutions and imperial relics, the more grown-up version of Portillo on a train. 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]. What I should say, he said, is that we dont have a Conservative government at all, but an English nationalist party which is populist, but fatally without being popular.. Kate, who missed her father's signing-in as Governor when she chose instead to go trekking with friends around South America, spent the least time in Hong Kong because she was studying for a degree in Spanish and Latin American studies at Newcastle University. It was going to become part of China. In 2003, he was elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford. I think, first of all, people talk about American exceptionalism, try Chinese exceptionalism. Showing Editorial results for chris patten. [32] In March 2009, Patten received the title Doctor honoris causa by South East European University. 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. He was made a life peer in 2005 and has been Chancellor of the University of Oxford since 2003. 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. [22] BBC Trust Vice Chairman Diane Coyle took over as Acting Chairman until the appointment of a new chairman. But after the official handing over ceremony was complete, and they had been poured stiff gins by Prince Charles aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia, the Patten family faced a rather ignominious return to a semi-detached Victorian house in Barnes. This account already exists. RM 2D332TK - Chris Patten, the EU Commissioner and last Governor of Hong Kong, after the installation ceremony as Chancellor at Oxford University in Oxford, with from left daughters Laura, Alice, wife Lavender and daughter Kate. I mean, it was a colonial project. 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. I'll probably go to previews of her play, but I won't tell her I'm there to check she's all right, I'll probably end up going lots of times.". His family was Irish Catholic. [18], On 11 January 2005 Patten was created a life peer as Baron Patten of Barnes, of Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It's just that after those heady years in the spotlight, her sisters would seem to crave the exact opposite. 3 episodes, The Musketeers (2014) as Sister Hlne. 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. London, WC2H 0HE He was born into an Irish Catholic family on his paternal side. [2][3], Her first major role after graduation was Eugenie in Vincent in Brixton in the West End in 2002.[4]. In October, he severely criticised the Hong Kong government for banning face masks. A caption was changed to correct a date: Chris Patten received the Order of the Companions of Honour in 1998; not 1989. Before that, he was the Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992. CH PC Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes 1944512 Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 19921997 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. "I'm the deputy beauty editor at Tatler, I'm very happy here, and that's it really. Now 28, she is a television producer at the BBC, making programmes for BBC Choice. 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. 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What theyre doing in Hong Kong is wicked. There is a 1930s village atmosphere, which bankers and lawyers now pay 5m to inhabit. Hong Kong news Independent, impartial, non-profit. Tv film Basanti (2006) as Sue McKinley. The most depressing thing is Ive been watching interviews with ministers this evening, he said, and the titles alone are so depressing. Spotted an error, information that is missing (a sitters life dates, occupation or family relationships, or a date of portrait for example) or do you know anything that we don't know? Kris is HKFP's Editorial Director. Her two elder sisters, Laura and Kate, however, are less keen to recapture their moment in the spotlight. In May, Laura married Elton Charles, a florist from Paddington, whom she met seven years ago. Grand promises made about one country, two systems mixed with anecdotes about the Pattens three daughters and two dogs. +44(0)20 7306 0055, Admission free. He was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong, serving between 1992 and 1997. How I wonder, sitting on his plump sofa, does he envisage that? However the general public regarded him positively. 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