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". This article about an English actor is a stub. The plan was to hand the lot over to the Bodleian Library in Oxford, but he felt he should get it in order. Hardback. 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. Loree Seitz / The Wrap: David Zaslav Signals Confidence in CNN Chief Chris Licht: . After graduating, she took a job with billionaire Peter Woo's Wharf Cable TV channel, before graduating to work on Esther Rantzen's That's Life! 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. You can buy a print of most illustrated portraits. In 1990, he was appointed the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Chairman of the Conservative Party. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled. 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. It was politically and morally difficult both for them and for us. 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. 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. "I'm very, very private," she said from her office at Cond Nast. He held this position within the Prodi Commission from 23 January 2000 until 22 November 2004. Patten was the Conservative Party candidate for Lambeth Central at the February 1974 general election, but lost to the Labour Party candidate, Marcus Lipton. It's that kind of awful TV.". Visiting him is like stepping into a lost Conservative hinterland. I think they thought that Hong Kong was just about allowing people to become rich.. They have three daughters, Kate (born in 1973), Laura (1974) and Alice (1979). [23], In September 2020, he wrote that "Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping's dictatorship is certainly thuggish. (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. (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. On John Major's succession as Prime Minister in 1990, Patten became Chairman of the Conservative Party and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. 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. Ann Lewis. 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. 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. Tory! That grim communist-speak.. The plans call for 21 apartment units . Patten lives in a large villa in Barnes in south-west London, next to the wooded common. When they learn that their coach has died, they all return to New England with their families for the funeral. The couple held their wedding reception at the rather unlavish Wetlands Centre close to the family home in Barnes, and on a rare social outing to a fundraising event at the Royal Academy last year Laura said: 'I am a very private person, and so is Elton. Under a painted portrait of Patten and his wife of 51 years are photographs of their eight grandchildren. In May, Laura married Elton Charles, a florist from Paddington, whom she met seven years ago. What will happen if the Communist party starts arresting us, sending people to prison? In answer, he went, he says, through all those quotes one uses, you know, Nelson Mandela, you cant lock up an idea, and so on. 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. 3 episodes, The Musketeers (2014) as Sister Hlne. (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. 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 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. He described the government as shameful and seedy. The City of M. The good old days when HK was the Pearl of the Orient, one commentator said, which was liked more than 250times. 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. SHANGHAI -- Seventeen years after sailing on Britain's Royal Yacht away from Hong Kong, the tango dancer is on the move again. At which point, the young mans lovely girlfriend just burst into tears. Chris Patten was born on May 12, 1944, in Cleveleys, Lancashire, England, to Frank and Joan Patten. 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. The Hong Kong Diaries by Chris Patten is published by Allen Lane . For a decade between 1999 and 2009, he was the Chancellor of Newcastle University. He laughs. In 1979, he won his first parliamentary election to become an MP from Bath. 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. Does he ever get mad, watching his lifes work, at home and abroad, unravel? "I was leaving my home, my friends, my school - my childhood - and I had only finished my A-levels the day before. 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. What theyre doing in Hong Kong is wicked. He has been married to Lavender Thornton since 1971. His role however is minor as the film depicts him being replaced with one month to go before the handover. 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]. He was one of the United Kingdom's two members to the European Commission as Commissioner for External Relations from 1999 to 2004. 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. The first was a literalist one based on a reading by Ronald Knox, who was chaplain to Catholic students at Oxford. Isnt deciding who we venerate a vital part of that reckoning also? Please Like other favourites! If you tick permission to publish your name will appear above your contribution on our website. Although nominated for the post of President in the next Commission in 2004, he was unable to gain support from France and Germany. I mean, it was a colonial project. Photo: AFP/WTN Chris has an amazing sense of humour. 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. Patten said afterwards the Royal Pageant had not been the BBC's "finest hour" and admitted that "The tone was wrong."[21]. I train athletes looking for upgrades to their shooting, ball handling, court awareness, and post play skills. A month after her father was elected Chancellor of Oxford University,. The 42-year-old musician's family confirmed to People magazine that Hannah Price, who was found dead in her home two . * Academics were turning out in full regalia for a procession and ceremony at . [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. [2][3], Her first major role after graduation was Eugenie in Vincent in Brixton in the West End in 2002.[4]. 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. 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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. Rob Hilliard (Rob Schneider) is a thrice divorced pacifist vegan married to Gloria (Joyce Van Patten), who is 30 years older than him. Lavender doesnt entirely approve; I think she fears it makes me a tad sanctimonious. Showing Editorial results for chris patten. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired. The controversial US oil plan explained, Green leader storms out of council meeting after being misgendered. 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. What the Chinese have done in Xinjiang is wicked. Christopher Francis Patten Visitor Chancellor of the University Its too depressing to think about, Patten says. After serving the organisation for three years, he resigned on May 6, 2014. Yana Gupta. Chris Patten was born on May 12, 1944 in Ealing, London, England. Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC ( Chinese: ; [1] born 12 May 1944) is a British politician. In 2003, he was elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford. [28], In February 2010, Patten was appointed President of Medical Aid for Palestinians, but he stepped down in June 2011. 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. 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. We should say so. I kept on saying the only bunkers in Hong Kong were on golf courses., Events of the last decade, not just in China, have shown how the liberal idea that market freedom goes hand in hand with political freedom has been disproved. Is he guilty of a kind of historical myopia? Before that she was doing a series called Rock Shrines, about dead pop stars and their fans. They're now grown up and all doing fine. Sign up for exclusive newsletters, comment on stories, enter competitions and attend events. The daughter of the last British governor of Hong Kong has receiveda recent outpouring of affection from Hongkongers, following an incident in whichthe Chief Executive allegedly used his privilegestohelp his daughter bypass airport security rules. On 29 September 2005, he published his memoirs, Not Quite the Diplomat: Home Truths About World Affairs. 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? The gracious, book-lined sitting room gives out on to a generous garden. "[12] This marked the end of British rule in Hong Kong. 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. Patten seems a consummately relaxed 78. 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. We dont have a Conservative government at all, but an English nationalist party. Chris Patten photographed at his home in London. Lord Patten married Lavender Thornton in 1971. Indian film, This page was last edited on 16 February 2023, at 22:23. Press release from the City of Menifee: MENIFEE - Menifee's street projects and construction updates are getting an upgrade! He was the architect of Major's 1992 election victory, built on a belief that, post-Thatcher, the party must be "tolerant,. Although supportive of Alice, they seem wary that her success will reignite interest in the family. 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. But the last two Ive done involved preaching on the days when the readings were about death and afterwards.. I knew the cardinal when I was there, he says. 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. 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. "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. 01 Dec 1990. 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. Shortly after graduating in 1965, he began working for the Conservative Party. 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. 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. "She's very popular here, partly because she pulls her weight, partly because she's fun too. 04 Dec 1998. 1 episode, Downtown Abbey (2014) as Diana Clark. Miserable times he writes. It was an extremely apolitical household; my parents would have voted Conservative. 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. He garnered widespread criticism for the controversial Community Charge (or so-called "Poll Tax"). Chris Patten's Hong Kong Diaries take us behind the scenes of 1997 handover Kevin Rudd, the former Australian prime minister and new ambassador to the United States, made himself far more. 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. [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. Support HKFP | Code of Ethics | Error/typo? To me, they're not a story, they're just my girls.". After the speech in 2017, he says, there was a Q&A. 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 . Enter your password to log in. We're completely supportive of her and backing her 110 per cent. He is the 28th and final Governor of Hong Kong from 19 July 1992 until the end of British administration over the territory on 30 June 1997. 1979 . He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Bath in 1979, and served until he was unseated in 1992. 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. The page posted two old photos of Pattens family when they wereat the Government House. Millions of premium Stock photos and illustrations created by leading commercial photographers, world-famous Museums, Historical Archives and Private Collections. [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. "[24] Patten said that Chinese company Huawei "is an agent of an unpleasant Chinese state."[25]. [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. At the United Nations, he met with China's foreign affairs minister, Tang . Leung Chai-yan, the other daughter of the Chief Executive, claimed she was domestically abused by hermother and had beenlocked up. Her role earned her praise from film critics in India. 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 is portrayed by Noel Lester Rands.[30]. 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. I have trained 5 . Kris is HKFP's Editorial Director. He was born into an Irish Catholic family on his paternal side. 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. 1 episode, Midsomer Murders (2004) as Emily Hide. 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.. 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. He has been a Conservative member of the House of Lords since 2005. He lost his first parliamentary election (for Lambeth Central) in 1974 against the Labour Party candidate Marcus Lipton. On September 11, 1971, Chris Patten married barrister Lavender Thornton. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/christopher-francis-patten-1050.php. Western governments, Patten believes, have been wrong because of greed to give Xi Jinpings regime an easier ride than Vladimir Putins. Bartis Edmond Hawley-Wall, Kyler Havard, Zealot23, Nich Smith, Matt Koltes, Chris Mulvihill . PHOTOGRAPH Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images Verden, Alexander Griffiths, SnipsGTI, Brian Sousa, bilbens baggo, Stuart, IbKelek, Galygious, Andrew Patton, Nicole Patten, Clementine . He kept a daily journal of his historic years in Hong Kong, partly on tape recordings. By ticking permission to publish you are indicating your agreement for your contribution to be shown on this collection item page. 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. But there was a bigger question, which I think framed the whole problem. 1 episode, Heroes and Villains (2008) as Joan. 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. 10 Jun 2008. 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She threatened to leave home forever on social media. 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. Jun 2020 - Present2 years 9 months. It wasnot the first time Hong Kong netizens posted photos of Pattens family, after they left the city in 1997. They have three daughters together, Katharine Joan (born 1973), Laura (1974 or 1975), and Alice (1980). His father was a drummer in a jazz band who became a music publisher, before running a precarious business making jingles for TV. And I just think Johnson is terribly wrong. The most difficult question was a kid who said, Weve listened to you, Mr Patten. [7], Patten's tenure faced several different challenges, as many in Hong Kong were still reeling from the Tiananmen Square massacre a few years earlier. He was Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 until 1997, Chairman for the Independent Commission on Policing after the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 . Tony Blair suggested that it made the road to democracy [in China] unstoppable. 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? Search over 220,000 works, 150,000 of which are illustrated from the 16th Century to the present day. The book was a lockdown project. In the 1998 New Year Honours, Queen Elizabeth II appointed him a Companion of Honour (CH).[31]. They have three daughters together, Katharine Joan (born 1973), Laura (1974 or 1975), and Alice (1980). Chris Patten. 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. Concepts like that were mysterious to them. He was made a life peer in 2005 and has been Chancellor of the University of . Patten bemoaned the fact that much of the corporation's high-brow programming had been moved to BBC Four, the digital channel, and given low budgets that meant shows were "sometimes made with glue and string". It's 25 years since Hong Kong was handed back to China in June 1997. 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. Now 28, she is a television producer at the BBC, making programmes for BBC Choice. Patten was interviewed about the rise of Thatcherism for the 2006 BBC TV documentary series Tory! 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) Im grateful for your support, I love you Hong Kong, a poston the Alice Patten Facebook page said. Tv film Basanti (2006) as Sue McKinley. 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. I've been in this job for a couple of years. Thats just good history.. St Mary's Barnes, United Kingdom, SW13 9HL. She's very charming, and can talk even the most unlikely person into appearing on TV.". 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