This article about an English actor is a stub. Does he ever get mad, watching his lifes work, at home and abroad, unravel? How I wonder, sitting on his plump sofa, does he envisage that? 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. He was one of the United Kingdom's two members to the European Commission as Commissioner for External Relations from 1999 to 2004. In September 2005 he was elected a Distinguished Honorary Fellow of Massey College in the University of Toronto (the only person so elected except for the Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh, the Duke of Edinburgh) as well as receiving an honorary D.S.Litt. "I cried all day," she says of her very public departure. The daughters of Chris Patten, Laura, Kate and Alice, say a tearful goodbye to Hong Kong, from on board the Royal yacht Britannia. In politics, one has to make a distinction between people who are doing things that are wrong and people who are trying to do things that are right. Although nominated for the post of President in the next Commission in 2004, he was unable to gain support from France and Germany. 10 Jun 2008. by Jillian Edelsteinbromide fibre print, August 1990NPG x45377. Please refresh the page and/or try again. 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. John Majors bastards have long since taken over. 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. Chris Patten. During his tenure, his government significantly expanded the territory's social welfare programmes and introduced democratic reforms to the electoral system.[2]. But the last two Ive done involved preaching on the days when the readings were about death and afterwards.. The good old days when HK was the Pearl of the Orient, one commentator said, which was liked more than 250times. "I was leaving my home, my friends, my school - my childhood - and I had only finished my A-levels the day before. Those were the days when HK people were proud of their identity, another said. 07 Sep 1998. [23], In September 2020, he wrote that "Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping's dictatorship is certainly thuggish. 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. 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. Hardback. It was an extremely apolitical household; my parents would have voted Conservative. He might just have got through the modest . He followed that up with the job of which he is most proud establishing a new, non-sectarian police force in Northern Ireland, as part of the Good Friday agreement. On 23 May 2005 he was appointed by Cadbury as a non-executive director.[16]. He held the parliamentary seat until 1992. He reads a lot and is keen on tennis and gardening. 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. 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. Chris Patten was born on May 12, 1944, in Cleveleys, Lancashire, England, to Frank and Joan Patten. 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). It wasnot the first time Hong Kong netizens posted photos of Pattens family, after they left the city in 1997. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Under a painted portrait of Patten and his wife of 51 years are photographs of their eight grandchildren. Its too depressing to think about, Patten says. There is a 1930s village atmosphere, which bankers and lawyers now pay 5m to inhabit. The controversial US oil plan explained, Green leader storms out of council meeting after being misgendered. At the United Nations, he met with China's foreign affairs minister, Tang . I listened to Sheila Hancock earlier talking about how one of the things about getting old is getting angrier. (2006), Points of View (1961) and The Walden Interview (1988). n Hong Kong, they were known as the Three Graces. 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. "I'm the deputy beauty editor at Tatler, I'm very happy here, and that's it really. 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. But the debate goes on.. And I dont see what pulls the party together again. 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. 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. The EU and Moldova. [32] In March 2009, Patten received the title Doctor honoris causa by South East European University. Lord Patten said China . I have trained 5 . If ever there as a contradiction in terms it is that. 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.. The gracious, book-lined sitting room gives out on to a generous garden. In 2016, in the wake of a student movement to remove the statue of Cecil Rhodes from a college in Oxford, as had happened in South Africa, Patten said that Oxford students who did not like Cecil Rhodes should "think about being educated elsewhere". Hong Kong nicknamed him Fat Pang (Chinese: ), making him the only governor to have a widely recognised Chinese nickname. This wasnt a colony like any other. His first job in the party was as a desk officer. 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. If you have information to share please complete the form below. Patten seems a consummately relaxed 78. 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. From 2014 to 2016, he worked under Pope Francis as the head of the body that advises the Vatican on media strategy. Support HKFP | Code of Ethics | Error/typo? Millions of premium Stock photos and illustrations created by leading commercial photographers, world-famous Museums, Historical Archives and Private Collections. What theyre doing in Hong Kong is wicked. 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) For a decade between 1999 and 2009, he was the Chancellor of Newcastle University. He was also the last governor of the colony, as it was transferred to Chinese control on June 30, 1997. I knew the cardinal when I was there, he says. "She travelled to cities such as San Francisco for Rock Shrines," he says. 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. 2023 Hong Kong news - Independent, non-profit, impartial. I take as my baseline what Nelson Mandela said about the Rhodes Trust, he says. After obtaining a modern history degree in 1965, he became active in politics and joined the Conservative Party. 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]. I mean, it was a colonial project. See PA story ROYAL Patten. Nostalgia for theformer first family was also invokedby an incident in March last year. "This is where I'm happiest: on stage," she says. Its an aspect of a mature patriotism to look at both the good bit and the bad bits. It's unnerving being seen at your most vulnerable by so many people.". In 1990, John Major made Patten Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Chairman of the Conservative Party, with responsibility for organising the Conservative Party's re-election campaign for the upcoming general election. In 2003, he was elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Environment secretary Chris Patten (r) was charged with introducing the poll tax Instead of the tax shining a spotlight on spendthrift local councils, she said, the government was getting the. Cut to June 30 1997, and his daughters' faces, like his wife's, were "crumpled with emotion and streaked with tears". Donations welcome Christopher Francis Patten Visitor Chancellor of the University Patten was not a career diplomat, unlike the previous governors. Before that, he was the Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992. "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.". His background is decidedly unstarry: his mother is a housewife from Dominica, his father worked as a warehouseman. 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. (30 Jun 1997) Natural Sound The last . The tone sometimes threatens to override his reservations about Britains own shaming colonial history that led to the acquisition of the rocks in the first place. [17], Patten was the biggest proponent in the commission for Turkey's accession to the European Union. 01 Dec 1990. SELECT OPTIONS SAVE TO CART Views expressed by opinion writers and advertisers are not necessarily shared by HKFP. He was born into an Irish Catholic family on his paternal side. 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. Hong Kong's legacy from Chris Patten's Diaries to City on the Edge. 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