But what if youre wrong? 1 episode, Heroes and Villains (2008) as Joan. Join our newsletter and follow us on our social media channels to find out more about exhibitions, events and the people and portraits in our Collection. 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. The first was a literalist one based on a reading by Ronald Knox, who was chaplain to Catholic students at Oxford. His wifes father competed in the 1936 Olympics, part of that Chariots of Fire generation, and was killed in 1944. After he left Hong Kong, Patten was part of the EU team that negotiated Chinas accession to the World Trade Organization in 2002. 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 Indian film, This page was last edited on 16 February 2023, at 22:23. A colleague who works with Kate at the BBC describes her as "serious and hard-working". 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. "We think the world of her, but as far as I'm concerned, there isn't really much to say. There are still a few. They have three daughters together, Katharine Joan (born 1973), Laura (1974 or 1975), and Alice (1980). It was politically and morally difficult both for them and for us. The daughters of Chris Patten, Laura, Kate and Alice, say a tearful goodbye to Hong Kong, from on board the Royal yacht Britannia. We never talked about politics or religion at home, Patten says. n Hong Kong, they were known as the Three Graces. After two weeks without a glimpse, Governor Chris Patten's teenage daughter, Laura, had been spotted in the beauty salon of the colony's 108-year-old Ladies' Recreation Club along with her. 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. He was born into an Irish Catholic family on his paternal side. In 2003, he was appointed the Chancellor of Oxford University. 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. 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. 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. They have three children. Laura patten Stock Photos and Images. 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. "[24] Patten said that Chinese company Huawei "is an agent of an unpleasant Chinese state."[25]. 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. As party chairman, he was widely considered to be the main architect of the somewhat unexpected Conservative victory at the 1992 general election. Chris Patten. The most depressing thing is Ive been watching interviews with ministers this evening, he said, and the titles alone are so depressing. 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. 1979 . Hobbies and other interests: Tennis, reading, browsing in bookshops. Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post: Trump may be . In May, Laura married Elton Charles, a florist from Paddington, whom she met seven years ago. He was, of course, Britains last governor of Hong Kong, lampooned in Private Eye as the grand poobah, before the handover to China in 1997. I mean, it was a colonial project. However the general public regarded him positively. His father was a jazz drummer who later became a popular music publisher. Please ensure your comments are relevant and appropriate. Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, was no stranger in picking fights with China. London, WC2H 0HE We have been together for ages and he's wonderful. 3 episodes, The Last King (2003) as Lady Farnces Stewart. 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). 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. 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. 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[33], University roles and elevation to the peerage, BBC royal river pageant outside broadcast, Critical studies and reviews of Patten's work. I've been in this job for a couple of years. 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". Patten was not a career diplomat, unlike the previous governors. That grim communist-speak.. You can buy a print of most illustrated portraits. Patten. Their mother, Lavender Patten, told the Evening Standard that her daughters had never wanted to be famous in the first place. On John Major's succession as Prime Minister in 1990, Patten became Chairman of the Conservative Party and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Patten has become a kind of living reminder of that shift on the right. He is portrayed by Noel Lester Rands.[30]. Chris Patten. Patten lives in a large villa in Barnes in south-west London, next to the wooded common. 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. He held this position within the Prodi Commission from 23 January 2000 until 22 November 2004. How I wonder, sitting on his plump sofa, does he envisage that? 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. . "We are very, very happy together," she says. His father was a drummer in a jazz band who became a music publisher, before running a precarious business making jingles for TV. 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. Do you think it was also their belief that the British government had deluded itself about its own purpose? 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]. We dont have a Conservative government at all, but an English nationalist party. Chris Patten photographed at his home in London. 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. During this time, Patten sat as a crossbencher. If they inspire you please support our work. 2 episodes, Where the Heart Is (2003) as Candida Oliver-Watts. 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. Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC ( Chinese: ; [1] born 12 May 1944) is a British politician. In 1990, he was appointed the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Chairman of the Conservative Party. 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. Search instead in Creative? Patten tried, he says, to give an answer that recognised that he was not being required to be as brave as they might be, in making that choice. For a decade between 1999 and 2009, he was the Chancellor of Newcastle University. "I thought there was a prospect that (China) would keep its word, and I'm sorry that it hasn't," he said in London. (MANDATORY CREDIT David Montgomery/Getty Images) Laura Patten, the daughter of Chris Patten, the new Governor of Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, 1st August 1992. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Visiting him is like stepping into a lost Conservative hinterland. Hardback. The Black Watch [the last British military unit to leave] werent going to hold Hong Kong against the Peoples Liberation Army. Please refresh the page and/or try again. He is the co-chair of International Crisis Group, overseeing many international operations. 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. Between 1974 and 1979, he served as the director of the Conservative Research Department. Patten was the Conservative Party candidate for Lambeth Central at the February 1974 general election, but lost to the Labour Party candidate, Marcus Lipton. (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. . Patten was also denounced by some Chinese media and politicians as the "whore of the East" and a "serpent", and was most famously called a "sinner who would be condemned for a thousand generations" (Chinese: ) by Lu Ping, the head of China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. Your contributions must be polite and with no intention of causing trouble. 1 episode, New Tricks (2010) as Vicky Anderson. 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. Wednesday night, musician Chris Daughtry and his wife shared the cause of their daughter's sudden death on Nov. 12, 2021. Open Daily: 10:30 - 18:00 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. He states baldly at one point a belief in an afterlife. She still lives at home with her parents and is particularly close to her father, who is now the external relations commissioner for the European Union and is described by Alice as "the best listener I know". Despite this, he enjoyed significant popularity in Hong Kong. help his daughter bypass airport security rules, I can finally breathe: Some celebrate the end of Hong Kongs Covid mask rule, but most remain cautious, US politicians call for sanctions on Hong Kong prosecutors in 47 democrats case; Beijing slams hypocritic political show, In Pictures: Hong Kong bids farewell to Pennys Bay Covid facility with giant padlock and Auld Lang Syne, Hong Kong 47: Prosecutors to seek witness anonymity order as trial adjourned over defendants injury, Covid-19: Medic urges Hong Kong students to remove face masks to improve learning, immunity, Artist Vaevae Chan spent years building a cave in a Hong Kong high rise. They bought the. Last edited on 16 February 2023, at 22:23, "Laura's straw hat puts Patten in the shade", "Old Patten family photos making some Hongkongers nostalgic", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice_Patten&oldid=1139788810, The Forsyte Saga (2002) as Imogen. I think, first of all, people talk about American exceptionalism, try Chinese exceptionalism. Bartis Edmond Hawley-Wall, Kyler Havard, Zealot23, Nich Smith, Matt Koltes, Chris Mulvihill . 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. 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. East and West HB Spec Ed. 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. Those were the days when HK people were proud of their identity, another said. Read our, {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}}. She lived in Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997. The plan was to hand the lot over to the Bodleian Library in Oxford, but he felt he should get it in order. Those are three values for the scrapbook. Get involved in exciting, inspiring conversations. 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. 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. He might just have got through the modest . degree from the University of Ulster. 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. This article about an English actor is a stub. "I just find it intensely difficult. Do you have specialist knowledge or a particular interest about any aspect of the portrait or sitter or artist that you can share with us? He kept a daily journal of his historic years in Hong Kong, partly on tape recordings. "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. 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". 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. Her role earned her praise from film critics in India. While he basically orchestrated the Conservative victory in the general election of 1992, he lost his own MP seat at Bath. 04 Dec 1998. [N]o one was above the laws; police were not being used to suppress freedoms; top govt officials were qualified and experienced; less crowded streets and MTR; less fights and above all, the mayors daughters were beautiful and well-educated!!!. However, he lost his marginal seat of Bath to the Liberal Democrat candidate Don Foster at that election. Friday & Saturday 10:30 - 21:00. He reads a lot and is keen on tennis and gardening. [32] In March 2009, Patten received the title Doctor honoris causa by South East European University. Before relinquishing the colonial administration to China in 1997, he was fighting daily battles, mostly verbal, with . 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 . 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(30 Jun 1997) Natural Sound The last governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten has left his colonial-style mansion for good.Patten bade his 250 staff an emotional. In 1966, Chris Patten became involved with the Conservative Party. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Family (1) Spouse Lavender Thornton (1971 - present) (3 children) Trivia (4) Former Governor of Hong Kong. If you require information from us, please use our Archive enquiry service. 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. And yeah, I do get angry about things. Loree Seitz / The Wrap: David Zaslav Signals Confidence in CNN Chief Chris Licht: . 2023 Hong Kong news - Independent, non-profit, impartial. 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