Well, there are two elements to it. n Hong Kong, they were known as the Three Graces. And I just think Johnson is terribly wrong. 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. 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. 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. [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. 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. For a decade between 1999 and 2009, he was the Chancellor of 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.She has played a key role in the Bollywood film Rang De Basanti (2006). 1979 . "We are very, very happy together," she says. There are still a few. Christopher Francis Patten Visitor Chancellor of the University It's just that after those heady years in the spotlight, her sisters would seem to crave the exact opposite. He was the architect of Major's 1992 election victory, built on a belief that, post-Thatcher, the party must be "tolerant,. I mean, it was a colonial project. 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 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. JACK HILL. Sometimes we have not recorded the date of a portrait. "I thought there was a prospect that (China) would keep its word, and I'm sorry that it hasn't," he said in London. We never talked about politics or religion at home, Patten says. We werent preparing it for independence. 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". This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. 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. 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. And cross-checking against my wifes diary, to make sure I had the days right.. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled. Each email has a link to unsubscribe. In 2003 he was awarded an honorary LL.D. Indian film, This page was last edited on 16 February 2023, at 22:23. He reads a lot and is keen on tennis and gardening. And I dont see what pulls the party together again. Patten was noted to be in tears throughout the day, notably after his speech at Tamar. "She travelled to cities such as San Francisco for Rock Shrines," he says. Hannah Price died at the age of 25 in Fentress County, Tenn. A woman. 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. East and West. Please could you let us know your source of information. It is hard to beat Dominic Grieves description of him as a moral vacuum., A few minutes later he phones me back. When MP for Bath (1979-92) he served as Minister for Overseas Development, Secretary of State for the Environment and Chairman of the Conservative Party. Christopher Francis Patten was born on May 12 1944. Do you think that they always saw through that? In September 1985, he was appointed a Minister of State in the Department of Education and Science. From 2014 to 2016, he worked under Pope Francis as the head of the body that advises the Vatican on media strategy. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Bath in 1979, and served until he was unseated in 1992. 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. 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. She lived in Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997. It was an extremely apolitical household; my parents would have voted Conservative. 3 episodes, The Musketeers (2014) as Sister Hlne. I train athletes looking for upgrades to their shooting, ball handling, court awareness, and post play skills. Anyway on we go, in my case to Strasbourg and treason the European parliament. Even for old Tories, hope springs eternal. I take as my baseline what Nelson Mandela said about the Rhodes Trust, he says. 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. We should say so. [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. It was going to become part of China. [28], In February 2010, Patten was appointed President of Medical Aid for Palestinians, but he stepped down in June 2011. His background is decidedly unstarry: his mother is a housewife from Dominica, his father worked as a warehouseman. What the Chinese have done in Xinjiang is wicked. Hardback. In PM Margaret Thatchers cabinet, Patten served as the Secretary of State for the Environment from July 1989 to November 1990. His father was a drummer in a jazz band who became a music publisher, before running a precarious business making jingles for TV. 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.". Patten was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Northern Ireland Office in June 1983. Between 1998 and 1999, Chris Patten served as the Chairperson of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland. In 2005, he became an appointed member of the British peerage. Before that she was doing a series called Rock Shrines, about dead pop stars and their fans. (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. I think, first of all, people talk about American exceptionalism, try Chinese exceptionalism. [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. In 2005 and 2006, she appeared in English Touring Theatre's Hamlet, playing Ophelia opposite Ed Stoppard's Prince of Denmark. "[12] This marked the end of British rule in Hong Kong. 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. If you have information to share please complete the form below. Chris Patten trying to console his daughter Kate (left) on the evening of Hong Kong's handover as daughter Alice looks on. 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. Alice Patten. Great Britain and the World. They have three daughters together, Katharine Joan (born 1973), Laura (1974 or 1975), and Alice (1980). (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. He turns off a muted symphony when I arrive. 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]. Laura, meanwhile, who 10 years ago catapulted the Patten girls to celebrity status by appearing at the age of 17 in a micro-skirt and a tight T-shirt, launching a bout of Laura-mania in the Hong Kong press, is now the deputy health and beauty editor of Tatler. At which point, the young mans lovely girlfriend just burst into tears. Bartis Edmond Hawley-Wall, Kyler Havard, Zealot23, Nich Smith, Matt Koltes, Chris Mulvihill . 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. She's very charming, and can talk even the most unlikely person into appearing on TV.". It involved turning 850,000 words into 250,000. 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. Visiting him is like stepping into a lost Conservative hinterland. 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). 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 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). 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? A Lancashire native, Patten grew up in London and was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. On September 11, 1971, Chris Patten married barrister Lavender Thornton. St Mary's Barnes, United Kingdom, SW13 9HL. PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN STILLWELL/PA. 1 episode, New Tricks (2010) as Vicky Anderson. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/christopher-francis-patten-1050.php. We're completely supportive of her and backing her 110 per cent. You can buy a print of most illustrated portraits. 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). In 2003, he was elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford. . 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. However, he lost his marginal seat of Bath to the Liberal Democrat candidate Don Foster at that election. Tory! The Hong Kong Diaries is published on 21 June by Allen Lane (30). Despite this, he enjoyed significant popularity in Hong Kong. This account already exists. I'm absolutely proud of them, they're all doing terrifically well. Chris Patten was born on May 12, 1944, in Cleveleys, Lancashire, England, to Frank and Joan Patten. However, in 1979, he contested from Bath and won. 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". 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[26] They have three daughters, including the actress Alice Patten. 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. 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. The controversial US oil plan explained, Green leader storms out of council meeting after being misgendered. Tony Blair suggested that it made the road to democracy [in China] unstoppable. The first was a literalist one based on a reading by Ronald Knox, who was chaplain to Catholic students at Oxford. and at Queens' College, Cambridge. The most difficult question was a kid who said, Weve listened to you, Mr Patten. Patten lives in a large villa in Barnes in south-west London, next to the wooded common. CH PC Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes 1944512 Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 19921997 Chris Daughtry 's family has confirmed his stepdaughter's cause of death. In 2003, he was appointed the Chancellor of Oxford University. In 2004, she appeared in Jonathan Creek as Gillian Bailey. 1 episode, Merlin (20092010) as Ygraine. 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. It wasnot the first time Hong Kong netizens posted photos of Pattens family, after they left the city in 1997. He is known for Tory! The Black Watch [the last British military unit to leave] werent going to hold Hong Kong against the Peoples Liberation Army. Patten. The two posts combined had received more than 8,000 likes and 700 shares by Monday morning. 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. I occasionally get asked to preach in college chapels. 3 episodes, The Last King (2003) as Lady Farnces Stewart. I knew the cardinal when I was there, he says. 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. Try AbeBooks. "I was leaving my home, my friends, my school - my childhood - and I had only finished my A-levels the day before. Try AbeBooks. 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. In the 1998 New Year Honours, Queen Elizabeth II appointed him a Companion of Honour (CH).[31]. 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. For the last 19 years he has been chancellor of Oxford University. Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post: Trump may be . 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. This article about an English actor is a stub. Try AbeBooks. If they inspire you please support our work. By ticking permission to publish you are indicating your agreement for your contribution to be shown on this collection item page. In the latest swing by CNN chief Chris Licht to rebrand the cable newser, Maher's appearance gave a bit of a preview of plans for the 9 PM ET slot, diverting from counter programming to . Read our, {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}}. Angela Wintle. His second thought was metaphor. Millions of premium Stock photos and illustrations created by leading commercial photographers, world-famous Museums, Historical Archives and Private Collections. Although supportive of Alice, they seem wary that her success will reignite interest in the family. Patten was born in 1944 on the day the German army was driven out of Crimea. Hardback. Chris Pratt is being called "cringe and vile" for praising his wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, for giving him a "healthy daughter" given that his son with ex Anna Faris, Jack, has suffered. 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]. Many good people were driven out of the Conservative party by Brexit. 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. (30 Jun 1997) Natural Sound The last . It's 25 years since Hong Kong was handed back to China in June 1997. Before that, he was the Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992. They have three daughters, Kate (born in 1973), Laura (1974) and Alice (1979). Two books, one by the ex-governor and another by professor Ho-fung Hung, offer insights into China's savage repression . We have been together for ages and he's wonderful. 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. 1 episode, Midsomer Murders (2004) as Emily Hide. The former Conservative party chairman and current rebellious Tory peer was dismayed to see the Johnson cult still hanging on. He has been married to Lavender Thornton since 1971. Does he ever get mad, watching his lifes work, at home and abroad, unravel? Something went wrong. He has been a Conservative member of the House of Lords since 2005. Patten, a practising Catholic, has been disturbed in particular by the recent crackdown on religion and the arrest of Cardinal Zen, the churchs primate in Hong Kong. [23], In September 2020, he wrote that "Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping's dictatorship is certainly thuggish. 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. 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 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. 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. Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC is a politician from Britain. How I wonder, sitting on his plump sofa, does he envisage that? "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. Jun 2020 - Present2 years 9 months. Lord Patten said China . However the general public regarded him positively. We normally spend our time down the pub and avoid society events like the plague.". "I'm very, very private," she said from her office at Cond Nast. To support the Guardian and Observer order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC ( Chinese: ; [1] born 12 May 1944) is a British politician. And him looking at me mystified. It's unnerving being seen at your most vulnerable by so many people.". On John Major's succession as Prime Minister in 1990, Patten became Chairman of the Conservative Party and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. 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". "Her last one was a series about boxing. 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. Hobbies and other interests: Tennis, reading, browsing in bookshops. [15] This report led to the disbanding of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and establishment of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Photo: AFP/WTN Chris has an amazing sense of humour. Kris is HKFP's Editorial Director. He has been an opponent of the movement at Oxford to tear down the statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes. When they learn that their coach has died, they all return to New England with their families for the funeral. 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. 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 . In October, he severely criticised the Hong Kong government for banning face masks. It is certainly important to use Rhodes money for more black African students. 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. I have trained 5 . He is also a member of the Global Leadership Foundation, an organisation which works to promote good governance around the world. [13] He has since commented that his governorship of Hong Kong was a happy time for him personally as he shared this experience with his wife and children. 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. Consider its policies in Xinjiang. Kris Cheng is a Hong Kong journalist with an interest in local politics. "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. Wednesday night, musician Chris Daughtry and his wife shared the cause of their daughter's sudden death on Nov. 12, 2021. On 29 September 2005, he published his memoirs, Not Quite the Diplomat: Home Truths About World Affairs. Its been a very long nervous breakdown. Chris Patten. Hardback. 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. And they hate it when we do.. 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