Hong Kong news Independent, impartial, non-profit. "I don't think they ever wanted to be in the limelight, these decisions are not necessarily there to be made - it's a question of how one stays out of the limelight, rather than wanting to be in it," Mrs Patten said from the family holiday home in France. Anyway on we go, in my case to Strasbourg and treason the European parliament. Even for old Tories, hope springs eternal. . He made the case for negotiation rather than outright demands for independence. And they hate it when we do.. By ticking permission to publish you are indicating your agreement for your contribution to be shown on this collection item page. He was educated in modern history at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with a second-class honors degree in 1965. 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. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled. People said to him he couldnt talk to students about death, but he thought, why not? The good old days when HK was the Pearl of the Orient, one commentator said, which was liked more than 250times. He was then an EU commissioner, partly responsible for the unions foreign policy. Is he guilty of a kind of historical myopia? Press release from the City of Menifee: MENIFEE - Menifee's street projects and construction updates are getting an upgrade! Lord Patten married Lavender Thornton in 1971. In 2004, she appeared in Jonathan Creek as Gillian Bailey. Despite this, he enjoyed significant popularity in Hong Kong. In 1979, he won his first parliamentary election to become an MP from Bath. [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. 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 . When Chinese leaders said Hong Kong could remain itself for 50 years after 1997, he says, it rather begged the question of whether they knew what it was in the first place. 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)). 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. As the last Governor, Chris Patten kept diaries giving unprecedented insights into negotiating with the Chinese, about how the institutions of democracy in Hong Kong were strengthened and how he sought to ensure . He was born into an Irish Catholic family on his paternal side. Try AbeBooks. Please note your email address will not be displayed on the page nor will it be used for any marketing material or promotion of any kind. 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. Tony Blair suggested that it made the road to democracy [in China] unstoppable. When they learn that their coach has died, they all return to New England with their families for the funeral. 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. That grim communist-speak.. Chris Patten East and West: China, Power, and the Future of Asia Hardcover - September 14, 1998 by Christopher Patten (Author) 21 ratings Hardcover $22.11 45 Used from $1.66 5 New from $18.85 2 Collectible from $17.00 Paperback $16.99 12 Used from $2.93 Views expressed by opinion writers and advertisers are not necessarily shared by HKFP. Its a strange thing to reinhabit the years of Pattens book, the last trappings of British empire dissolving in a series of intractable negotiations with the Beijing government. "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.". Former Hong Kong Gov. Chris Patten. 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. His father was a drummer in a jazz band who became a music publisher, before running a precarious business making jingles for TV. Alice was only 12 when she arrived in Hong Kong, and while her sisters returned to Britain to school and university, she grew up amid the marble-corridored glory of Government House where men in white gloves picked her socks up off the floor and served her meals. Chris Patten. The book was a lockdown project. 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.. Its an aspect of a mature patriotism to look at both the good bit and the bad bits. Lenny rents the lake house for the 4th . The Hong Kong Diaries is published on 21 June by Allen Lane (30). I knew the cardinal when I was there, he says. I've been in this job for a couple of years. 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. "I'm very, very private," she said from her office at Cond Nast. He laughs. 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. 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. CH PC Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes 1944512 Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 19921997 Enter your password to log in. From 2014 to 2016, he worked under Pope Francis as the head of the body that advises the Vatican on media strategy. 3 episodes, The Last King (2003) as Lady Farnces Stewart. After obtaining a modern history degree in 1965, he became active in politics and joined the Conservative Party. We never talked about politics or religion at home, Patten says. Can you tell us more about this person? In 2019, amidst the protests in Hong Kong, Patten spoke out in support of the protesters. 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 was the architect of Major's 1992 election victory, built on a belief that, post-Thatcher, the party must be "tolerant,. 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 PM Margaret Thatchers cabinet, Patten served as the Secretary of State for the Environment from July 1989 to November 1990. 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. He described the government as shameful and seedy. He also introduced, and steered through Parliament, the major legislation that became the Environmental Protection Act 1990. degree from the University of Bath. [19], On the advice of the ConservativeLiberal Democrat coalition government led by Prime Minister David Cameron, Patten was appointed by the Queen-in-Council as Chairman of the BBC Trust, and he took office on 1 May 2011, in the place of Sir Michael Lyons whose contract was not renewed. Verden, Alexander Griffiths, SnipsGTI, Brian Sousa, bilbens baggo, Stuart, IbKelek, Galygious, Andrew Patton, Nicole Patten, Clementine . Tory! The National Portrait Gallery will NOT use your information to contact you or store for any other purpose than to investigate or display your contribution. He has a BSSc in Sociology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Get involved in exciting, inspiring conversations. He was one of the United Kingdom's two members to the European Commission as Commissioner for External Relations from 1999 to 2004. Sometimes we have not recorded the date of a portrait. 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. He became a life peer in 2005, and since 2003, he has held the position of the Chancellor of Oxford University. The first was a literalist one based on a reading by Ronald Knox, who was chaplain to Catholic students at Oxford. A colleague who works with Kate at the BBC describes her as "serious and hard-working". 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. 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. You can buy a print of most illustrated portraits. The gracious, book-lined sitting room gives out on to a generous garden. [citation needed]. In the latest swing by CNN chief Chris Licht to rebrand the cable newser, Maher's appearance gave a bit of a preview of plans for the 9 PM ET slot, diverting from counter programming to . We would welcome any information that adds to and enhances our information and understanding about a particular portrait, sitter or artist. Photo by Fiona Hanson/PA It came, however, immediately in the wake of widespread criticism of the BBC's live outside-broadcast coverage of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee River Pageant on 3 June 2012, which was castigated in the press and was the subject of 1,830 formal complaints by viewers. The Legislative Council became a fully elected legislature for the first time in 1995 and extensively expanded its functions and organisations throughout the last years of colonial rule.[10]. 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. Laura patten Stock Photos and Images. 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. 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. [28], In February 2010, Patten was appointed President of Medical Aid for Palestinians, but he stepped down in June 2011. In 2008, she played Thea in Hedda, a new version of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, at London's Gate Theatre and, in 2009, she guest-starred as Arthur's mother Ygraine in the BBC fantasy drama series Merlin. 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 might just have got through the modest . It wasnot the first time Hong Kong netizens posted photos of Pattens family, after they left the city in 1997. 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). The daughters of Chris Patten, Laura, Kate and Alice, say a tearful goodbye to Hong Kong, from on board the Royal yacht Britannia. It was an extremely apolitical household; my parents would have voted Conservative. By clicking Sign up you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use, Cookie policy and Privacy notice. "We think the world of her, but as far as I'm concerned, there isn't really much to say. His father was a jazz drummer who later became a popular music publisher. All real Hong Kongers miss the Patten family very much. She's very charming, and can talk even the most unlikely person into appearing on TV.". 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". Western governments, Patten believes, have been wrong because of greed to give Xi Jinpings regime an easier ride than Vladimir Putins. The Hong Kong Diaries by Chris Patten is published by Allen Lane . He is also the one of only two living former governors of Hong Kong with Sir David Wilson. 1 episode, Downtown Abbey (2014) as Diana Clark. 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. For the last 19 years he has been chancellor of Oxford University. She threatened to leave home forever on social media. "I just find it intensely difficult. On September 11, 1971, Chris Patten married barrister Lavender Thornton. Laura, Kate and little Alice, the daughters of the last Governor Chris Patten, were only in their early teens when they became unlikely celebrities. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Bath in 1979, and served until he was unseated in 1992. It is certainly important to use Rhodes money for more black African students. But the last two Ive done involved preaching on the days when the readings were about death and afterwards.. [22] BBC Trust Vice Chairman Diane Coyle took over as Acting Chairman until the appointment of a new chairman. 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. Those are three values for the scrapbook. 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. 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. [citation needed]. Consider its policies in Xinjiang. In 1966, Chris Patten became involved with the Conservative Party. 1 episode, Vincent In Brixton (2003) as Eugenie Loyer, Rang De Eugenie Loyer. 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. Its funny you should say that. Tory! He lost his first parliamentary election (for Lambeth Central) in 1974 against the Labour Party candidate Marcus Lipton. They have three daughters together, Katharine Joan (born 1973), Laura (1974 or 1975), and Alice (1980). Grand promises made about one country, two systems mixed with anecdotes about the Pattens three daughters and two dogs. Visiting him is like stepping into a lost Conservative hinterland. If they inspire you please support our work. Many international lawyers argue that the incarceration of over one million Muslim Uighurs, forced sterilisation and abortion, and slave labour meet the UN definition of genocide. It's that kind of awful TV.". Patten submitted his letter of resignation as BBC Trust Chairman to the Secretary of State on 6 May 2014; citing health reasons following his heart bypass surgery on 28 April. Your contributions must be polite and with no intention of causing trouble. Try AbeBooks. Patten was interviewed about the rise of Thatcherism for the 2006 BBC TV documentary series Tory! 1 episode, Midsomer Murders (2004) as Emily Hide. Patten has become a kind of living reminder of that shift on the right. "I'm the deputy beauty editor at Tatler, I'm very happy here, and that's it really. Before that she was doing a series called Rock Shrines, about dead pop stars and their fans. * Academics were turning out in full regalia for a procession and ceremony at . 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. She lived in Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997. "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. Christopher Francis Patten Visitor Chancellor of the University However, he lost his marginal seat of Bath to the Liberal Democrat candidate Don Foster at that election. Beijing had expected that the use of functional constituencies with limited electorates would be used to elect this council, however Patten extended the definition of functional constituencies and thus virtually every Hong Konger was able to vote for the so-called indirectly elected members (see Politics of Hong Kong) of the Legislative Council. "Her last one was a series about boxing. The former Conservative party chairman and current rebellious Tory peer was dismayed to see the Johnson cult still hanging on. John Majors bastards have long since taken over. In each of those roles, he has been pitted not against the left, but mostly against the Daily Mail and the ideologues and nut jobs in his own party. To support the Guardian and Observer order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. In 2005, he became an appointed member of the British peerage. . Her role earned her praise from film critics in India. and at Queens' College, Cambridge. 07 Sep 1998. 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. PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN STILLWELL/PA. degree from the University of Ulster. Concepts like that were mysterious to them. 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. [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. His book ends with a postscript that is a rallying cry for the democracy movement in his former home (and his current one) - their cause is our cause. Showing Editorial results for chris patten. Patten was the Conservative Party candidate for Lambeth Central at the February 1974 general election, but lost to the Labour Party candidate, Marcus Lipton. After the handover ceremony he left the city, together with Prince Charles, on board the British royal yacht, HMY Britannia. 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. The EU and Moldova. He held the parliamentary seat until 1992. He was born into an Irish Catholic family on his paternal side. Do you think that they always saw through that? 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