Patten bemoaned the fact that much of the corporation's high-brow programming had been moved to BBC Four, the digital channel, and given low budgets that meant shows were "sometimes made with glue and string". 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 . "In addition to supplying experts for incoming administrations, think tanks provide departing officials with institutional settings [where they] remain engaged in pressing foreign policy debates, and constitute an informal shadow foreign affairs establishment.This "revolving door" is unique to the United States, and a source of its strength. His latest sermon outlined three possibilities. 1 episode, Heroes and Villains (2008) as Joan. [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. 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. Under a painted portrait of Patten and his wife of 51 years are photographs of their eight grandchildren. 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. All contributions are moderated. 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). It was politically and morally difficult both for them and for us. It was an extremely apolitical household; my parents would have voted Conservative. That grim communist-speak.. Receiving a Coolidge travelling scholarship, he went to US, where he was part of the campaign of then-Republican New York Mayor John Lindsay. He garnered widespread criticism for the controversial Community Charge (or so-called "Poll Tax"). There she goes, one says, to which the other, thinking about mortality, replies: Yes but therell be others who will say, Here she comes. Though Patten likes that idea, the third possibility strikes him as most understandable: that we live on in people remembering our smiles. (Photo by David Montgomery/Getty Images) PURCHASE A LICENSE Get personalized pricing by telling us when, where, and how you want to use this asset. I've been in this job for a couple of years. He is also the one of only two living former governors of Hong Kong with Sir David Wilson. He has been a Conservative member of the House of Lords since 2005. 1 episode, Merlin (20092010) as Ygraine. From 2014 to 2016, he worked under Pope Francis as the head of the body that advises the Vatican on media strategy. Patten's defeat was attributed to factors such as the Poll Tax.[6]. What the Chinese have done in Xinjiang is wicked. Isnt deciding who we venerate a vital part of that reckoning also? Contact Us 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. Patten was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Northern Ireland Office in June 1983. Chris Patten: We have a populist government that is fatally not popular, few minutes after the result of Mondays confidence vote in the prime minister was announced, I spoke to. 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. A year later, he became Minister for Overseas Development at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Before relinquishing the colonial administration to China in 1997, he was fighting daily battles, mostly verbal, with . 3 episodes, The Last King (2003) as Lady Farnces Stewart. Tue 28th June 2022. In June 1983, he was made the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Northern Ireland Office. Chris Patten. 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.. But the debate goes on.. Kris Cheng is a Hong Kong journalist with an interest in local politics. Sign up for exclusive newsletters, comment on stories, enter competitions and attend events. Patten was educated at Island School in Hong Kong[1] Now 28, she is a television producer at the BBC, making programmes for BBC Choice. 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. Photo by Fiona Hanson/PA 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. 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. Tory! Get involved in exciting, inspiring conversations. It's that kind of awful TV.". Western governments, Patten believes, have been wrong because of greed to give Xi Jinpings regime an easier ride than Vladimir Putins. 1 episode, Six Wives with Lucy Worsley (2016) as Katherine Parr. Anyway on we go, in my case to Strasbourg and treason the European parliament. Even for old Tories, hope springs eternal. He is known for Tory! "I'm the deputy beauty editor at Tatler, I'm very happy here, and that's it really. Chris Patten. I mean, it was a colonial project. In 2005 and 2006, she appeared in English Touring Theatre's Hamlet, playing Ophelia opposite Ed Stoppard's Prince of Denmark. He was European Commissioner for External Relations from 1999 to 2004 and Chairman of the BBC Trust from 2011 to 2014. [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. Why was it that Chris Pattens daughters did not get intotrouble living in Government House for all those years, yetsuch troubles have cometo Ms Leung sinceshe moved in? a user questioned on popular HKGolden forum. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Jacob Rees-Mogg, minister for Brexit opportunities. 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. 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. In 1999, Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, was in New York representing the European Commission. Does he ever get mad, watching his lifes work, at home and abroad, unravel? by Jillian Edelsteinbromide fibre print, August 1990NPG x45377. He is also an actor and was recently embroiled in controversy when he opted to play Prince William in an American film about the young Royals. 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. Please could you let us know your source of information. 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. Patten was Chancellor of Newcastle University from 1999 to 2009. "[12] This marked the end of British rule in Hong Kong. In 2003, he was elected Chancellor of the University of 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. 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. With Margaret Thatcher (and Michael Portillo, far right) while he was environment secretary in 1989. atten was not a silver-spoon Tory. I have trained 5 . He was the architect of Major's 1992 election victory, built on a belief that, post-Thatcher, the party must be "tolerant,. It wasnot the first time Hong Kong netizens posted photos of Pattens family, after they left the city in 1997. 1979 . He also introduced, and steered through Parliament, the major legislation that became the Environmental Protection Act 1990. If they inspire you please support our work. She has played a key role in the Bollywood film Rang De Basanti (2006). On September 11, 1971, Chris Patten married barrister Lavender Thornton. "This is where I'm happiest: on stage," she says. He was educated in modern history at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with a second-class honors degree in 1965. After the speech in 2017, he says, there was a Q&A. [33], University roles and elevation to the peerage, BBC royal river pageant outside broadcast, Critical studies and reviews of Patten's work. Raised in west London, Patten studied history at Balliol College, Oxford. As party chairman, he was widely considered to be the main architect of the somewhat unexpected Conservative victory at the 1992 general election. 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.She has played a key role in the Bollywood film Rang De Basanti (2006). I'm absolutely proud of them, they're all doing terrifically well. Family (1) Spouse Lavender Thornton (1971 - present) (3 children) Trivia (4) Former Governor of Hong Kong. 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 was promoted to be a Minister of State in the Department of Education and Science in September 1985, and was named Minister for Overseas Development at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in September 1986. Patten's actions were strongly criticised by the pro-Beijing political parties of Hong Kong. "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. London, WC2H 0HE He also helmed the initiative of passing the Environmental Protection Act 1990. [32] In March 2009, Patten received the title Doctor honoris causa by South East European University. Katharine Joan ('Kate') Patten (1973-), Television producer; daughter of Chris Patten Sitter in 1 portrait Tell us More Like List Thumbnail Sort by Chris Patten and his family by Jillian Edelstein bromide fibre print, August 1990 NPG x45377 Find out more > Use this image Related People Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes (father) "[24] Patten said that Chinese company Huawei "is an agent of an unpleasant Chinese state."[25]. If ever there as a contradiction in terms it is that. The attempt, for example, to understand the relationship between a slave trade and the Atlantic economy of which we were a part seems to me to be fundamentally important. Photo: AFP/WTN Chris has an amazing sense of humour. Its funny you should say that. Im grateful for your support, I love you Hong Kong, a poston the Alice Patten Facebook page said. [8], In contrast to his predecessors, Patten decided not to wear the official Court uniform on formal occasions. In 1989, he was promoted to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for the Environment and became responsible for the unpopular Community Charge (or so-called "Poll Tax"). 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 you tick permission to publish your name will appear above your contribution on our website. 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. His family lived in Greenford, and Chris Patten went to primary school there and then won a scholarship to the Catholic St Benedict's. Friday July 01 2022, 5.00pm, The Sunday Times. She's very charming, and can talk even the most unlikely person into appearing on TV.". [2][3], Her first major role after graduation was Eugenie in Vincent in Brixton in the West End in 2002.[4]. He is the co-chair of International Crisis Group, overseeing many international operations. In 2004, she appeared in Jonathan Creek as Gillian Bailey. Then chairman of the BBC Trust, fighting a rearguard action against cuts. (1973-), Television producer; daughter of Chris Patten, Paul McCartney Photographs 196364: Eyes of the Storm, Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, Mary Lavender St Leger Patten (ne Thornton), / Person - Katharine Joan ('Kate') Patten. We never talked about politics or religion at home, Patten says. He is portrayed by Noel Lester Rands.[30]. He reads a lot and is keen on tennis and gardening. SHANGHAI -- Seventeen years after sailing on Britain's Royal Yacht away from Hong Kong, the tango dancer is on the move again. But the last two Ive done involved preaching on the days when the readings were about death and afterwards.. 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. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/christopher-francis-patten-1050.php. You can opt-out at any time by signing in to your account to manage your preferences. He has been married to Lavender Thornton since 1971. It is certainly important to use Rhodes money for more black African students. He held this position within the Prodi Commission from 23 January 2000 until 22 November 2004. He was Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 until 1997, Chairman for the Independent Commission on Policing after the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 . 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.. 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. Great Britain and the World. Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC is a politician from Britain. . SELECT OPTIONS SAVE TO CART In 1979, he won his first parliamentary election to become an MP from Bath. It involved turning 850,000 words into 250,000. (2006), Points of View (1961) and The Walden Interview (1988). When Alice took her bow on the stage of Wyndham's Theatre on Monday night, both Laura and Kate were there to support her. Its been a very long nervous breakdown. The plan was to hand the lot over to the Bodleian Library in Oxford, but he felt he should get it in order. After serving the organisation for three years, he resigned on May 6, 2014. Tory! "I just find it intensely difficult. Like Laura, she has also spent the past five years quietly pursuing her career. 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. Alice Patten. 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. [17], According to information from the US Embassy in Brussels (published by WikiLeaks in November 2010): Patten said in April 2004 that Russian President Vladimir Putin has done a good job for Russia mainly due to high world energy prices, but he had serious doubts about the man's character. Reading it, you cant help but reflect on an essential loss of rigour in Britains dealings with the world; contrast the likes of Douglas Hurd and Malcolm Rifkind as foreign secretaries with the incumbent, Liz Truss. 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. She threatened to leave home forever on social media. After obtaining a modern history degree in 1965, he became active in politics and joined the Conservative Party. Donations welcome [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. Hong Kong nicknamed him Fat Pang (Chinese: ), making him the only governor to have a widely recognised Chinese nickname. Patten was not a career diplomat, unlike the previous governors. Patten's most controversial actions in Hong Kong are related to the 1994 electoral reform. 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. In 1990, he was appointed the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Chairman of the Conservative Party. 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. 1 episode, New Tricks (2010) as Vicky Anderson. 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. After he left Hong Kong, Patten was part of the EU team that negotiated Chinas accession to the World Trade Organization in 2002. I suggest the fractures go back to the 1990s. In November 2016 Patten was made a Commander of the Legion of Honour, and was presented with the award by the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom Sylvie Bermann at Kensington Palace Gardens. 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. 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)). [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 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. All real Hong Kongers miss the Patten family very much. 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. 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. 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 him looking at me mystified. Search over 220,000 works, 150,000 of which are illustrated from the 16th Century to the present day. We should say so. However the general public regarded him positively. To support the Guardian and Observer order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. We werent preparing it for independence. "We think the world of her, but as far as I'm concerned, there isn't really much to say. 04 Dec 1998. And nobody should ever see the words Nadine Dorries and culture secretary in the same sentence.. He considered that the EU had become overly dependent on Russian energy supplies, and should become more engaged with the countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia in order to diversify supplies. 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. [27], Patten is a Catholic and oversaw Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom in September 2010. RM G4CGKC - Former Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten, with wife Lavender (2nd left) and daughters (l to r) Kate, Laura and Alice, after receiving his Order of the Companions of Honour from the Prince of Wales at today's (Friday) Buckingham Palace investiture. It's just that after those heady years in the spotlight, her sisters would seem to crave the exact opposite. His job was to accumulate information on the television performance of rival William F. Buckley, Jr. Chris Patten is Chancellor of Oxford University. 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. 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. I think they thought that Hong Kong was just about allowing people to become rich.. He made the case for negotiation rather than outright demands for independence. I take as my baseline what Nelson Mandela said about the Rhodes Trust, he says. Hobbies and other interests: Tennis, reading, browsing in bookshops. Her role earned her praise from film critics in India. Before that she was doing a series called Rock Shrines, about dead pop stars and their fans. After his loss in 1992, Patten declined the offer of a new seat and assumed the position of the 28th Governor of Hong Kong. There is a 1930s village atmosphere, which bankers and lawyers now pay 5m to inhabit. [7], Patten's tenure faced several different challenges, as many in Hong Kong were still reeling from the Tiananmen Square massacre a few years earlier. In October, he severely criticised the Hong Kong government for banning face masks. 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