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. Tv film Basanti (2006) as Sue McKinley. 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. +44(0)20 7306 0055, Admission free. "They didn't have the choice. To me, they're not a story, they're just my girls.". 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. 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]. Spotted an error, information that is missing (a sitters life dates, occupation or family relationships, or a date of portrait for example) or do you know anything that we don't know? "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. by Jillian Edelsteinbromide fibre print, August 1990NPG x45377. In the last three months, he says, partly as a result of Britains generous visa scheme, there have been 100,000-plus people from Hong Kong, teachers, medics, lawyers, leaving to come here and lots of other places as well. In the 1998 New Year Honours, Queen Elizabeth II appointed him a Companion of Honour (CH).[31]. Commentaries Videos & Podcasts Author's Comments Sort by: Latest Popular Show: All On Point Patten's most controversial actions in Hong Kong are related to the 1994 electoral reform. Get involved in exciting, inspiring conversations with other readers. As party chairman, he successfully orchestrated a surprise Conservative electoral victory in 1992, but lost his own seat. Open Daily: 10:30 - 18:00 Lord Patten said China . But what if youre wrong? But the debate goes on.. He has been married to Lavender Thornton since 1971. 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. 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. At Queens College, Cambridge - where a month ago she achieved a "slightly disappointing" 2:2 in modern languages, she went out with Jordan Frieda, the son of Lulu and hairdresser John Frieda. In 1979, he won his first parliamentary election to become an MP from Bath. 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. He went over and addressed the students who organised the protests against Hong Kongs security laws a couple of times, at the invitation of their informal leader, Joshua Wong. In October, he severely criticised the Hong Kong government for banning face masks. Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC (Chinese: ; 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. 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. According to information from WikiLeaks, Patten was in Moscow in April 2004 and had concluded EURussia ministerial consultations in Brussels. His latest sermon outlined three possibilities. SHANGHAI -- Seventeen years after sailing on Britain's Royal Yacht away from Hong Kong, the tango dancer is on the move again. Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, was no stranger in picking fights with China. Lavender doesnt entirely approve; I think she fears it makes me a tad sanctimonious. n Hong Kong, they were known as the Three Graces. He has a BSSc in Sociology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Marcus Higgins (David Spade) has become a single womanizer. Patten was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Northern Ireland Office in June 1983. Many international lawyers argue that the incarceration of over one million Muslim Uighurs, forced sterilisation and abortion, and slave labour meet the UN definition of genocide. To support the Guardian and Observer order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. 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. Patten was not a career diplomat, unlike the previous governors. One time I. The controversial US oil plan explained, Green leader storms out of council meeting after being misgendered. Support HKFP | Code of Ethics | Error/typo? Patten's actions were strongly criticised by the pro-Beijing political parties of Hong Kong. God Save The Queen. 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 . Hardback. Christopher Patten. He was born into an Irish Catholic family on his paternal side. 04 Dec 1998. In addition to the name, Pattern appears to be based heavily on Patten, matching his appearance, political affiliation (Conservative) and family (a wife and two daughters with him in Hong Kong). Does he ever get mad, watching his lifes work, at home and abroad, unravel? Like Laura, she has also spent the past five years quietly pursuing her career. 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. What the Chinese have done in Xinjiang is wicked. [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]. A caption was changed to correct a date: Chris Patten received the Order of the Companions of Honour in 1998; not 1989. Source for information on Patten, Chris 1944-: Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series dictionary. 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. How I wonder, sitting on his plump sofa, does he envisage that? We have been together for ages and he's wonderful. "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.". We would welcome any information that adds to and enhances our information and understanding about a particular portrait, sitter or artist. Her role earned her praise from film critics in India. PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN STILLWELL/PA. 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 . In 2005, he became an appointed member of the British peerage. He was made a life peer in 2005 and has been Chancellor of the University of Oxford since 2003.. Raised in west London, Patten studied history at . Hong Kong news Independent, impartial, non-profit. Your contributions must be polite and with no intention of causing trouble. 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. Each email has a link to unsubscribe. Chris Patten at his home in Barnes. He held this position within the Prodi Commission from 23 January 2000 until 22 November 2004. This account already exists. [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. They're now grown up and all doing fine. Which he thought was something which was valuable to South Africa. He garnered widespread criticism for the controversial Community Charge (or so-called "Poll Tax"). (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. We normally spend our time down the pub and avoid society events like the plague.". 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. 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. 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. 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. [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. After his loss in 1992, Patten declined the offer of a new seat and assumed the position of the 28th Governor of Hong Kong. Many good people were driven out of the Conservative party by Brexit. On September 11, 1971, Chris Patten married barrister Lavender Thornton. His subsequent career has been a tour of duty of threatened institutions and imperial relics, the more grown-up version of Portillo on a train. In 2003, he was elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Between February 2010 and June 2011, he served as the President of Medical Aid for Palestinians. Two books, one by the ex-governor and another by professor Ho-fung Hung, offer insights into China's savage repression . They bought the. Patten has become a kind of living reminder of that shift on the right. | Contact Us | Newsletter | Annual & Transparency Report. [33], University roles and elevation to the peerage, BBC royal river pageant outside broadcast, Critical studies and reviews of Patten's work. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired. But there was a bigger question, which I think framed the whole problem. 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. 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". Its been a very long nervous breakdown. Rob Hilliard (Rob Schneider) is a thrice divorced pacifist vegan married to Gloria (Joyce Van Patten), who is 30 years older than him. 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. Former Hong Kong Gov. The gracious, book-lined sitting room gives out on to a generous garden. I mean, it was a colonial project. 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. 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?. "[12] This marked the end of British rule in Hong Kong. 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. 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. He reads a lot and is keen on tennis and gardening. He is also a member of the Global Leadership Foundation, an organisation which works to promote good governance around the world. 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. Tue 28th June 2022. 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 was born into an Irish Catholic family on his paternal side. 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. When they learn that their coach has died, they all return to New England with their families for the funeral. Loree Seitz / The Wrap: David Zaslav Signals Confidence in CNN Chief Chris Licht: . He turns off a muted symphony when I arrive. 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. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Get involved in exciting, inspiring conversations. Donations welcome The plan was to hand the lot over to the Bodleian Library in Oxford, but he felt he should get it in order. A year later, he became Minister for Overseas Development at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 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. It wasnot the first time Hong Kong netizens posted photos of Pattens family, after they left the city in 1997. [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. What theyre doing in Hong Kong is wicked. "I don't think they ever wanted to be in the limelight, these decisions are not necessarily there to be made - it's a question of how one stays out of the limelight, rather than wanting to be in it," Mrs Patten said from the family holiday home in France. Kris Cheng is a Hong Kong journalist with an interest in local politics. Patten was the Conservative Party candidate for Lambeth Central at the February 1974 general election, but lost to the Labour Party candidate, Marcus Lipton. 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.. His family lived in Greenford, and Chris Patten went to primary school there and then won a scholarship to the Catholic St Benedict's. He lost his first parliamentary election (for Lambeth Central) in 1974 against the Labour Party candidate Marcus Lipton. Sometimes we have not recorded the date of a portrait. 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. 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. Tory! The Billionaire's Daughter Knows What You're Thinking. Chris Patten. He states baldly at one point a belief in an afterlife. You can opt-out at any time by signing in to your account to manage your preferences. 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. His second thought was metaphor. 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It's unnerving being seen at your most vulnerable by so many people.". 3 episodes, The Musketeers (2014) as Sister Hlne. 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. In 2004, she appeared in Jonathan Creek as Gillian Bailey. 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)). Its an aspect of a mature patriotism to look at both the good bit and the bad bits. It's 25 years since Hong Kong was handed back to China in June 1997. We never talked about politics or religion at home, Patten says. They have three daughters, Kate (born in 1973), Laura (1974) and Alice (1979). The most depressing thing is Ive been watching interviews with ministers this evening, he said, and the titles alone are so depressing. 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. He returned to sit with the Conservative party in the House of Lords in September of that year. His job was to accumulate information on the television performance of rival William F. 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Anyway on we go, in my case to Strasbourg and treason the European parliament. Even for old Tories, hope springs eternal. W e had one of those thunderbolt feelings when we saw our main home in Barnes . East and West HB Spec Ed. If you have information to share please complete the form below. Miserable times he writes. [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!!!. 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. 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. He was given an official Chinese name, Pang Ding-hong (Chinese: ), a name with an etymology based on the words "stability" and "calm; joyous; healthy". All real Hong Kongers miss the Patten family very much. We dont have a Conservative government at all, but an English nationalist party. Chris Patten photographed at his home in London. Try AbeBooks. Hardback. 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. 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. What the Russians are doing in Ukraine is wicked. He described the government as shameful and seedy. During this time, Patten sat as a crossbencher. 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. They had the mandate of heaven and I didnt even have the mandate of the voters of Bath. 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. We should say so. However, he lost his marginal seat of Bath to the Liberal Democrat candidate Don Foster at that election. However the general public regarded him positively. "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. Laura patten Stock Photos and Images. Patten has become a kind of living reminder of that shift on the right. (30 Jun 1997) Natural Sound The last . [23], In September 2020, he wrote that "Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping's dictatorship is certainly thuggish. [citation needed], After graduating with a second-class honours degree in 1965 and winning a Coolidge travelling scholarship to the US,[4] Patten worked for the campaign of then-Republican New York Mayor John Lindsay, where he reported on the television performance of rival William F. Buckley Jr.[5] He worked for the Conservative Party from 1966, first as desk officer and then director (from 1974 to 1979) of the Conservative Research Department. Search over 220,000 works, 150,000 of which are illustrated from the 16th Century to the present day. 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. 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. 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. All contributions are moderated. Grand promises made about one country, two systems mixed with anecdotes about the Pattens three daughters and two dogs. St Martin's Place Hong Kong nicknamed him Fat Pang (Chinese: ), making him the only governor to have a widely recognised Chinese nickname. This article about an English actor is a stub. [2][3], Her first major role after graduation was Eugenie in Vincent in Brixton in the West End in 2002.[4]. Millions of premium Stock photos and illustrations created by leading commercial photographers, world-famous Museums, Historical Archives and Private Collections. Im grateful for your support, I love you Hong Kong, a poston the Alice Patten Facebook page said. Chris Patten was born on May 12, 1944 in Ealing, London, England. 26 Sep 2005. 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. 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. Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post: Trump may be . He was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong, serving between 1992 and 1997. The City of M. She threatened to leave home forever on social media. Reading his 2017 memoir, First Confession, I was struck by how much his faith meant to him. Family (1) Spouse Lavender Thornton (1971 - present) (3 children) Trivia (4) Former Governor of Hong Kong. He has been an opponent of the movement at Oxford to tear down the statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes. 1 episode, New Tricks (2010) as Vicky Anderson. Before that, he was the Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992. His work has been featured in Washington Post, Public Radio International, Hong Kong Economic Times and others. Before relinquishing the colonial administration to China in 1997, he was fighting daily battles, mostly verbal, with . 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. In May, Laura married Elton Charles, a florist from Paddington, whom she met seven years ago. With Margaret Thatcher (and Michael Portillo, far right) while he was environment secretary in 1989. atten was not a silver-spoon Tory. 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. Simply to denounce it seems crazy. 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? Blonde and elfin, Alice - who was nicknamed "Little Princess" by her sisters - found it perhaps hardest of all to adjust to returning to Britain. Patten said afterwards the Royal Pageant had not been the BBC's "finest hour" and admitted that "The tone was wrong."[21]. [28], In February 2010, Patten was appointed President of Medical Aid for Palestinians, but he stepped down in June 2011. The Liberal Democrat candidate Don Foster at that election last governor of Hong Kong Economic and! 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