I occasionally get asked to preach in college chapels. They had the mandate of heaven and I didnt even have the mandate of the voters of Bath. [26] They have three daughters, including the actress Alice Patten. Patten was interviewed about the rise of Thatcherism for the 2006 BBC TV documentary series Tory! His father was a drummer in a jazz band who became a music publisher, before running a precarious business making jingles for TV. We have been together for ages and he's wonderful. In 2003, he was appointed the Chancellor of Oxford University. 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. 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. [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. Before relinquishing the colonial administration to China in 1997, he was fighting daily battles, mostly verbal, with . 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. 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. All contributions are moderated. There are occasions when we are unsure of the identity of a sitter or artist, their life dates, occupation or have not recorded their family relationships. Ann Lewis. Donations welcome 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 page posted two old photos of Pattens family when they wereat the Government House. His father was a jazz drummer who later became a popular music publisher. In May, Laura married Elton Charles, a florist from Paddington, whom she met seven years ago. He was the architect of Majors 1992 election victory, built on a belief that, post-Thatcher, the party must be tolerant, efficient and generous-spirited. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/christopher-francis-patten-1050.php. It's just that after those heady years in the spotlight, her sisters would seem to crave the exact opposite. Please could you let us know your source of information. In 2003 he was awarded an honorary LL.D. Indian film, This page was last edited on 16 February 2023, at 22:23. [citation needed]. 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". Miserable times he writes. I suggest the fractures go back to the 1990s. Contributions are moderated. Hardback. Lavender doesnt entirely approve; I think she fears it makes me a tad sanctimonious. 2 episodes, Where the Heart Is (2003) as Candida Oliver-Watts. He is the co-chair of International Crisis Group, overseeing many international operations. I take as my baseline what Nelson Mandela said about the Rhodes Trust, he says. He was also the last governor of the colony, as it was transferred to Chinese control on June 30, 1997. What theyre doing in Hong Kong is wicked. He has been a Conservative member of the House of Lords since 2005. 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. 1 episode, Heroes and Villains (2008) as Joan. 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.. : Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH PC 1944 512 - . His role however is minor as the film depicts him being replaced with one month to go before the handover. +44(0)20 7306 0055, Admission free. It is hard to beat Dominic Grieves description of him as a moral vacuum., A few minutes later he phones me back. Visiting him is like stepping into a lost Conservative hinterland. In 2006, she appeared in the Bollywood film Rang De Basanti as Sue McKinley, a young British woman who comes to India to make a documentary film about the British rule in the Indian subcontinent. 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. PHOTOGRAPH Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images Which he thought was something which was valuable to South Africa. Chris Patten trying to console his daughter Kate (left) on the evening of Hong Kong's handover as daughter Alice looks on. It was an extremely apolitical household; my parents would have voted Conservative. Simply to denounce it seems crazy. A colleague who works with Kate at the BBC describes her as "serious and hard-working". 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. Tory! 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 . Posted By: VOHK April 12, 2016 By Chan King-cheung - 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". 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. He states baldly at one point a belief in an afterlife. 07 Sep 1998. . 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 are still a few. Showing Editorial results for chris patten. His first job in the party was as a desk officer. Paperback. Chris Patten was born on May 12, 1944 in Ealing, London, England. 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. 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. Patten's actions were strongly criticised by the pro-Beijing political parties of Hong Kong. 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. [15] This report led to the disbanding of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and establishment of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired. In 1989, the then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher made him the Secretary of State for the Environment. Get involved in exciting, inspiring conversations. Chris Patten was born on May 12, 1944, in Cleveleys, Lancashire, England, to Frank and Joan Patten. It wasnot the first time Hong Kong netizens posted photos of Pattens family, after they left the city in 1997. [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. [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. I knew the cardinal when I was there, he says. 3 episodes, The Musketeers (2014) as Sister Hlne. 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. All real Hong Kongers miss the Patten family very much. Marcus Higgins (David Spade) has become a single womanizer. | Contact Us | Newsletter | Annual & Transparency Report. With her long hair and perfect features, the 22-year-old is possibly the prettiest of the Patten girls and made her TV debut this year as Imogen Dartie in The Forsyte Saga, and now spends her time flitting between rehearsals at the Royal National Theatre and her new boyfriend, Cambridge graduate Dan Rookwood, an internet sports journalist and sometime travel writer at The Guardian. 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 described the government as shameful and seedy. 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. We dont have a Conservative government at all, but an English nationalist party. Chris Patten photographed at his home in London. The Hong Kong Diaries by Chris Patten is published by Allen Lane . She has played a key role in the Bollywood film Rang De Basanti (2006). I talk in the diaries about trying to explain to my opposite number in Beijing what the rule of law was, that it wasnt rule by law. Anyway on we go, in my case to Strasbourg and treason the European parliament. Even for old Tories, hope springs eternal. In 2019, amidst the protests in Hong Kong, Patten spoke out in support of the protesters. 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. He garnered widespread criticism for the controversial Community Charge (or so-called "Poll Tax"). A Lancashire native, Patten grew up in London and was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. 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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. Bartis Edmond Hawley-Wall, Kyler Havard, Zealot23, Nich Smith, Matt Koltes, Chris Mulvihill . 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. 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. Its too depressing to think about, Patten says. By ticking permission to publish you are indicating your agreement for your contribution to be shown on this collection item page. Chris Patten. Consider its policies in Xinjiang. 01 Dec 1990. He returned to sit with the Conservative party in the House of Lords in September of that year. He was born into an Irish Catholic family on his paternal side. Between 1974 and 1979, he served as the director of the Conservative Research Department. [8], In contrast to his predecessors, Patten decided not to wear the official Court uniform on formal occasions. 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. It's that kind of awful TV.". Something went wrong. Concepts like that were mysterious to them. He put out his memoir, Not Quite the Diplomat: Home Truths About World Affairs, on September 29, 2005. 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. 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. Wednesday night, musician Chris Daughtry and his wife shared the cause of their daughter's sudden death on Nov. 12, 2021. In 2010, The Tablet named him as one of Britain's most influential Catholics. Chris Patten, Hong Kong's last governor, handed the former colony back to China on 1 July 1997 to be ruled with a degree of autonomy under a system called "o. It's 25 years since Hong Kong was handed back to China in June 1997. Patten was noted to be in tears throughout the day, notably after his speech at Tamar. 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. Between 1998 and 1999, Chris Patten served as the Chairperson of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland. I mean, it was a colonial project. They're now grown up and all doing fine. Do you think it was also their belief that the British government had deluded itself about its own purpose? And I just think Johnson is terribly wrong. I train athletes looking for upgrades to their shooting, ball handling, court awareness, and post play skills. 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. . We werent preparing it for independence. The former Conservative party chairman and current rebellious Tory peer was dismayed to see the Johnson cult still hanging on. Commentaries Videos & Podcasts Author's Comments Sort by: Latest Popular Show: All On Point I'm absolutely proud of them, they're all doing terrifically well. "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. He held the parliamentary seat until 1992. 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. "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. 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. 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.". He was made a life peer in 2005 and has been Chancellor of the University of . "I cried all day," she says of her very public departure. Connor Patten Basketball. Try AbeBooks. We would welcome any information that adds to and enhances our information and understanding about a particular portrait, sitter or artist. They have three daughters together, Katharine Joan (born 1973), Laura (1974 or 1975), and Alice (1980). It's unnerving being seen at your most vulnerable by so many people.". 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.. People said to him he couldnt talk to students about death, but he thought, why not? 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. 1 episode, Six Wives with Lucy Worsley (2016) as Katherine Parr. He also introduced, and steered through Parliament, the major legislation that became the Environmental Protection Act 1990. [17], Patten was the biggest proponent in the commission for Turkey's accession to the European Union. He lost his first parliamentary election (for Lambeth Central) in 1974 against the Labour Party candidate Marcus Lipton. Patten lives in a large villa in Barnes in south-west London, next to the wooded common. Tony Blair suggested that it made the road to democracy [in China] unstoppable. "I just find it intensely difficult. Patten's guest was entranced by a picture of his children on his desk and asked: "How come ugly father produce such beautiful daughters?" He served a full five-year term before his ennoblement. He turns off a muted symphony when I arrive. One time I. 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. Try AbeBooks. 1 episode, Merlin (20092010) as Ygraine. He has been married to Lavender Thornton since 1971. Chris Patten. When they learn that their coach has died, they all return to New England with their families for the funeral. His wifes father competed in the 1936 Olympics, part of that Chariots of Fire generation, and was killed in 1944. You must be at least 18 years old to create an account, Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number, I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from Evening Standard. The good old days when HK was the Pearl of the Orient, one commentator said, which was liked more than 250times. 1 episode, New Tricks (2010) as Vicky Anderson. 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. 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. And him looking at me mystified. You can buy a print of most illustrated portraits. "I'm the deputy beauty editor at Tatler, I'm very happy here, and that's it really. It involved turning 850,000 words into 250,000. 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. W e had one of those thunderbolt feelings when we saw our main home in Barnes . We're completely supportive of her and backing her 110 per cent. Cut to June 30 1997, and his daughters' faces, like his wife's, were "crumpled with emotion and streaked with tears". Can you tell us more about this person? The 42-year-old musician's family confirmed to People magazine that Hannah Price, who was found dead in her home two . 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. St Mary's Barnes, United Kingdom, SW13 9HL. 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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. 1,490 Chris Patten Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO All Sports Entertainment News Archival Browse 1,490 chris patten stock photos and images available or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. We normally spend our time down the pub and avoid society events like the plague.". 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[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. Contact Us [32] In March 2009, Patten received the title Doctor honoris causa by South East European University. Many good people were driven out of the Conservative party by Brexit. If you require information from us, please use our Archive enquiry service. 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. 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