Does he ever get mad, watching his lifes work, at home and abroad, unravel? The book was a lockdown project. Patten was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Northern Ireland Office in June 1983. 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. He was born into an Irish Catholic family on his paternal side. 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. Patten said afterwards the Royal Pageant had not been the BBC's "finest hour" and admitted that "The tone was wrong."[21]. 1 episode, Downtown Abbey (2014) as Diana Clark. The 1996 Hong Kong parody film Bodyguards of the Last Governor, presents 'Christ Pattern' as the Governor of Hong Kong. He took steps to get in touch with the people of the colony, and was known for his penchant for taking public strolls around Hong Kong as well as in the media limelight. "We think the world of her, but as far as I'm concerned, there isn't really much to say. Lavender doesnt entirely approve; I think she fears it makes me a tad sanctimonious. Like Laura, she has also spent the past five years quietly pursuing her career. 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. From 2014 to 2016, he worked under Pope Francis as the head of the body that advises the Vatican on media strategy. Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, was no stranger in picking fights with China. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired. 3 episodes, The Musketeers (2014) as Sister Hlne. Before that she was doing a series called Rock Shrines, about dead pop stars and their fans. They have three daughters, Kate (born in 1973), Laura (1974) and Alice (1979). 1 episode, Vincent In Brixton (2003) as Eugenie Loyer, Rang De Eugenie Loyer. After the handover ceremony he left the city, together with Prince Charles, on board the British royal yacht, HMY Britannia. Had 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. I'm absolutely proud of them, they're all doing terrifically well. SELECT OPTIONS SAVE TO CART The Gallery holds the most extensive collection of portraits in the world. We normally spend our time down the pub and avoid society events like the plague.". On John Major's succession as Prime Minister in 1990, Patten became Chairman of the Conservative Party and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Your contributions must be polite and with no intention of causing trouble. I have trained 5 . "I cried all day," she says of her very public departure. Marisabina Russo, Russo, Marisabina 1950- Russo, Marisabina 1950- Personal Born May 1, 1950, in New York, NY; daughter of Michele Russo (a naval . A month after her father was elected Chancellor of Oxford University,. Tory! "I was leaving my home, my friends, my school - my childhood - and I had only finished my A-levels the day before. Consider its policies in Xinjiang. I listened to Sheila Hancock earlier talking about how one of the things about getting old is getting angrier. 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. Patten was interviewed about the rise of Thatcherism for the 2006 BBC TV documentary series Tory! Hong Kong netizens have been posting old photos of Chris Patten's three daughters Laura, Kate and Alice when they were in Hong Kong, since the incident involving Leung Chun-yan, the Chief. 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]. 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. 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. 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. 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 . 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. 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. 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. His work has been featured in Washington Post, Public Radio International, Hong Kong Economic Times and others. He was made a life peer in 2005 and has been Chancellor of the University of Oxford since 2003. 2023 Hong Kong news - Independent, non-profit, impartial. There is an inevitable sentimental or nostalgic strain to Pattens diaries of 25 years ago, as he departed on the royal yacht. 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. Please Like other favourites! 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. Friday July 01 2022, 5.00pm, The Sunday Times. 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. Support HKFP | Code of Ethics | Error/typo? We should say so. 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.. 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. Laura, Kate and little Alice, the daughters of the last Governor Chris Patten, were only in their early teens when they became unlikely celebrities. 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. Skip to main content . I've been in this job for a couple of years. He was then an EU commissioner, partly responsible for the unions foreign policy. Alice Patten. The plan was to hand the lot over to the Bodleian Library in Oxford, but he felt he should get it in order. The most difficult question was a kid who said, Weve listened to you, Mr Patten. 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. 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. Chris Patten was born on May 12, 1944 in Ealing, London, England. During this time, Patten sat as a crossbencher. Cautioning that "I'm not saying that genes are determinant," Patten then reviewed the Putin family history grandfather part of Lenin's special protection team; father a communist party apparatchik, and Putin himself decided at a young age to pursue a career in the KGB. 04 Dec 1998. "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. John Majors bastards have long since taken over. In October, he severely criticised the Hong Kong government for banning face masks. 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). 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. Hardback. The Black Watch [the last British military unit to leave] werent going to hold Hong Kong against the Peoples Liberation Army. His first job in the party was as a desk officer. Chris Patten is calling for the European Union to throw out its trade agreement with China. But life as just another face in the crowd never seemed likely for the Patten girls and now, Alice, the youngest of the three daughters, has just landed her first big acting role in Nicholas Wright's Vincent in Brixton, which opened on Monday in the West End. In 2004, she appeared in Jonathan Creek as Gillian Bailey. 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. His family was Irish Catholic. . Patten married Lavender Thornton, a barrister, on 11 September 1971. 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. Source for information on Patten, Chris 1944-: Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series dictionary. Get involved in exciting, inspiring conversations. Patten has become a kind of living reminder of that shift on the right. In 2003 he was awarded an honorary LL.D. Enter your password to log in. "I'm the deputy beauty editor at Tatler, I'm very happy here, and that's it really. 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. 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 have three daughters together, Katharine Joan (born 1973), Laura (1974 or 1975), and Alice (1980). Thats just good history.. Patten oversaw many crises in the area of European foreign policy, most notably the failure of the European Union to come up with a common unified policy before the Iraq War in 2003. 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. We dont have a Conservative government at all, but an English nationalist party. Chris Patten photographed at his home in London. Well, there are two elements to it. 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. Chris Patten is Chancellor of Oxford University. 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 - 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 by Fiona Hanson/PA I think they thought that Hong Kong was just about allowing people to become rich.. "This is where I'm happiest: on stage," she says. He reads a lot and is keen on tennis and gardening. +44(0)20 7306 0055, Admission free. 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 . Patten seems a consummately relaxed 78. We would welcome any information that adds to and enhances our information and understanding about a particular portrait, sitter or artist. In 2005, he became an appointed member of the British peerage. Theyre watching a ship under full sail heading over the horizon at dusk. Please note that we cannot provide valuations. 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. Read our, {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}}. I knew the cardinal when I was there, he says. His wifes father competed in the 1936 Olympics, part of that Chariots of Fire generation, and was killed in 1944. THE youngest daughter of Chris Patten is to star in a "lusty" BBC One drama about the life and loves of King Charles II. Indian film, This page was last edited on 16 February 2023, at 22:23. That grim communist-speak.. They had the mandate of heaven and I didnt even have the mandate of the voters of Bath. Two books, one by the ex-governor and another by professor Ho-fung Hung, offer insights into China's savage repression . Unlike most previous Hong Kong governors, he was not a career diplomat from the UK Foreign Office although he was not the first former MP to become a governor of Hong Kong. It was politically and morally difficult both for them and for us. We never talked about politics or religion at home, Patten says. 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. Tory! Patten's defeat was attributed to factors such as the Poll Tax.[6]. This article about an English actor is a stub. In June 1983, he was made the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Northern Ireland Office. 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. He laughs. Many good people were driven out of the Conservative party by Brexit. . It's that kind of awful TV.". W e had one of those thunderbolt feelings when we saw our main home in Barnes . She has played a key role in the Bollywood film Rang De Basanti (2006). 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. [20], As Chairman of the BBC Trust, Patten joined the Prince of Wales and other members of the royal family in the royal box for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert. It was going to become part of China. [3] Patten's father, Frank, a jazz-drummer turned popular-music publisher and his mother Joan sent him to a Catholic primary school, Our Lady of the Visitation, in Greenford, and later to the independent St Benedict's School in Ealing, west London, where he won an exhibition to read Modern History at Balliol College, Oxford. His father was a jazz drummer who later became a popular music publisher. In 1979, he won his first parliamentary election to become an MP from Bath. A caption was changed to correct a date: Chris Patten received the Order of the Companions of Honour in 1998; not 1989. Lord Chris Patten, who has no power to remove the Rhodes statue at Oxford University's Oriel College, said a trust set up after the mining magnate's death pays for the education of more than a. He returned to sit with the Conservative party in the House of Lords in September of that year. Marcus Higgins (David Spade) has become a single womanizer. Chris Patten, who led Britain's last government in Hong Kong before the Asian financial hub was returned to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997, said it was "heartbreaking" to see its transformation. Reading his 2017 memoir, First Confession, I was struck by how much his faith meant to him. | Contact Us | Newsletter | Annual & Transparency Report. She threatened to leave home forever on social media. 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 . He reads a lot and is keen on tennis and gardening. He has been married to Lavender Thornton since 1971. Chris Patten trying to console his daughter Kate (left) on the evening of Hong Kong's handover as daughter Alice looks on. On 23 May 2005 he was appointed by Cadbury as a non-executive director.[16]. 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 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.". Try AbeBooks. His second thought was metaphor. If you tick permission to publish your name will appear above your contribution on our website. Miserable times he writes. Millions of premium Stock photos and illustrations created by leading commercial photographers, world-famous Museums, Historical Archives and Private Collections. He also introduced, and steered through Parliament, the major legislation that became the Environmental Protection Act 1990. His background is decidedly unstarry: his mother is a housewife from Dominica, his father worked as a warehouseman. Is he guilty of a kind of historical myopia? Despite this, he enjoyed significant popularity in Hong Kong. [9] Patten's approval rating in Hong Kong in April 1992 was 53% and ended his tenure with an approval rating of 59.7%.[4]. Dominic Patten / Deadline: David Zaslav Praises CNN Adding More GOP Voices; "Balance Strategy" Is "Important," Warner Bros Discovery Boss Says . 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. Hong Kong's legacy from Chris Patten's Diaries to City on the Edge. Hardback. 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. And him looking at me mystified. The family has enjoyed good image among the populace, contrasting oddly with the city's present first family hit by accusation of abuse of power. Patten was then appointed the last governor of Hong Kong, to oversee the final years of British administration in the colony and prepare for its transfer to China in 1997. Hobbies and other interests: Tennis, reading, browsing in bookshops. degree from the University of Bath. 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. [27], Patten is a Catholic and oversaw Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom in September 2010. 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.. Photo: AFP/WTN Chris has an amazing sense of humour. He was born into an Irish Catholic family on his paternal side. Each email has a link to unsubscribe. Hong Kong nicknamed him Fat Pang (Chinese: ), making him the only governor to have a widely recognised Chinese nickname. The first was a literalist one based on a reading by Ronald Knox, who was chaplain to Catholic students at Oxford. Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post: Trump may be . Laura patten Stock Photos and Images. We never talked about politics or religion at home, Patten says. By ticking permission to publish you are indicating your agreement for your contribution to be shown on this collection item page. The Hong Kong Diaries by Chris Patten is published by Allen Lane . The most depressing thing is Ive been watching interviews with ministers this evening, he said, and the titles alone are so depressing. On September 11, 1971, Chris Patten married barrister Lavender Thornton. I mean, it was a colonial project. They have three daughters together, Katharine Joan (born 1973), Laura (1974 or 1975), and Alice (1980). If you wish to license an image, please use our Rights and Images service. Chris Patten was born on May 12, 1944, in Cleveleys, Lancashire, England, to Frank and Joan Patten. Chris Daughtry 's family has confirmed his stepdaughter's cause of death. 10 Jun 2008. During his tenure, his government significantly expanded the territory's social welfare programmes and introduced democratic reforms to the electoral system.[2]. It involved turning 850,000 words into 250,000. The Billionaire's Daughter Knows What You're Thinking. 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. And I just think Johnson is terribly wrong. [32] In March 2009, Patten received the title Doctor honoris causa by South East European University. 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. [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. 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. Patten was Chancellor of Newcastle University from 1999 to 2009. St Mary's Barnes, United Kingdom, SW13 9HL. 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) [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. Views expressed by opinion writers and advertisers are not necessarily shared by HKFP. As party chairman, he was widely considered to be the main architect of the somewhat unexpected Conservative victory at the 1992 general election. He put out his memoir, Not Quite the Diplomat: Home Truths About World Affairs, on September 29, 2005. And I dont see what pulls the party together again. Chris Patten. Please could you let us know your source of information. 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. After obtaining a modern history degree in 1965, he became active in politics and joined the Conservative Party. Contributions are moderated. The good old days when HK was the Pearl of the Orient, one commentator said, which was liked more than 250times. I suggest the fractures go back to the 1990s. 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. 2 episodes, Where the Heart Is (2003) as Candida Oliver-Watts. He asked Patten the question that all young people from Hong Kong he meets now ask him: Do you think when we finish our degree we should go back to Hong Kong?. 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. 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. According to information from WikiLeaks, Patten was in Moscow in April 2004 and had concluded EURussia ministerial consultations in Brussels. A colleague who works with Kate at the BBC describes her as "serious and hard-working". 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. 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. Now 28, she is a television producer at the BBC, making programmes for BBC Choice. But what if youre wrong? Kris is HKFP's Editorial Director. 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. London, WC2H 0HE The one he liked most was coined by an Episcopalian American missionary bishop who talked about being on the seashore with his friend. Its too depressing to think about, Patten says. He described the government as shameful and seedy. 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. Patten. The controversial US oil plan explained, Green leader storms out of council meeting after being misgendered. Connor Patten Basketball. On September 11, 1971, Chris Patten married barrister Lavender Thornton. 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 daughters of Chris Patten, (l to r) Laura, Kate and Alice, say a tearful goodbye to Hong Kong, from on board the Royal yacht Britannia. 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.. and at Queens' College, Cambridge. If ever there as a contradiction in terms it is that. 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