Does he ever get mad, watching his lifes work, at home and abroad, unravel? 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. 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". There is a 1930s village atmosphere, which bankers and lawyers now pay 5m to inhabit. For people of my age, it was a bit like being born just after the Congress of Vienna [of 1814], to then live through a period of stability and growing prosperity, longevity, better health, in which there were a number of givens: Europe or welfare democracy or that thing that Peter Hennessy writes about, leaders who, in the absence of a written constitution, could be trusted to do the right thing.. degree from the University of Bath. Chris Patten, the 28th and last governor of Hong Kong was swallowing hard as he emerged from Government House for the last time yesterday afternoon. PHOTOGRAPH Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images By ticking permission to publish you are indicating your agreement for your contribution to be shown on this collection item page. Raised in west London, Patten studied history at Balliol College, Oxford. 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. Photo by Fiona Hanson/PA And yeah, I do get angry about things. A year later, he became Minister for Overseas Development at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. To me, they're not a story, they're just my girls.". Well, there are two elements to it. 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]. Friday July 01 2022, 5.00pm, The Sunday Times. 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. In 2004, she appeared in Jonathan Creek as Gillian Bailey. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired. Open Daily: 10:30 - 18:00 His job was to accumulate information on the television performance of rival William F. Buckley, Jr. "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". He also introduced, and steered through Parliament, the major legislation that became the Environmental Protection Act 1990. I suggest the fractures go back to the 1990s. Kris Cheng is a Hong Kong journalist with an interest in local politics. While he basically orchestrated the Conservative victory in the general election of 1992, he lost his own MP seat at Bath. [22] BBC Trust Vice Chairman Diane Coyle took over as Acting Chairman until the appointment of a new chairman. Environment secretary Chris Patten (r) was charged with introducing the poll tax Instead of the tax shining a spotlight on spendthrift local councils, she said, the government was getting the. Patten was educated at Island School in Hong Kong[1] With Margaret Thatcher (and Michael Portillo, far right) while he was environment secretary in 1989. atten was not a silver-spoon Tory. The one he liked most was coined by an Episcopalian American missionary bishop who talked about being on the seashore with his friend. 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. . Tv film Basanti (2006) as Sue McKinley. 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. 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. Angela Wintle. "Her last one was a series about boxing. He reads a lot and is keen on tennis and gardening. 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. Environment secretary Chris Patten (r) was charged with introducing the poll tax Instead of the tax shining a spotlight on spendthrift local councils, she said, the government was getting the. 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). His family was Irish Catholic. The two posts combined had received more than 8,000 likes and 700 shares by Monday morning. Patten married Lavender Thornton, a barrister, on 11 September 1971. 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". I occasionally get asked to preach in college chapels. Their mother, Lavender Patten, told the Evening Standard that her daughters had never wanted to be famous in the first place. 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. Chris Patten trying to console his daughter Kate (left) on the evening of Hong Kong's handover as daughter Alice looks on. But the last two Ive done involved preaching on the days when the readings were about death and afterwards.. The first was a literalist one based on a reading by Ronald Knox, who was chaplain to Catholic students at Oxford. His latest sermon outlined three possibilities. n Hong Kong, they were known as the Three Graces. 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? Although nominated for the post of President in the next Commission in 2004, he was unable to gain support from France and Germany. In June 1983, he was made the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Northern Ireland Office. 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? Please note your email address will not be displayed on the page nor will it be used for any marketing material or promotion of any kind. Try AbeBooks. Nevertheless, she matured into an ordinary teenager, doing some modelling and going out with an Australian surfer called Alex while in Hong Kong. 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. Prices start at 6 for unframed prints, 25 for framed prints. Before that she was doing a series called Rock Shrines, about dead pop stars and their fans. 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". 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. At the United Nations, he met with China's foreign affairs minister, Tang . 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. Before that, he was the Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992. Contributions are moderated. 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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. (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. Visiting him is like stepping into a lost Conservative hinterland. 04 Dec 1998. Its funny you should say that. Something went wrong. Reading his 2017 memoir, First Confession, I was struck by how much his faith meant to him. They have three children. 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. | Contact Us | Newsletter | Annual & Transparency Report. East and West. In 1989, he was promoted to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for the Environment and became responsible for the unpopular Community Charge (or so-called "Poll Tax"). [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. The 42-year-old musician's family confirmed to People magazine that Hannah Price, who was found dead in her home two . 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. He was then an EU commissioner, partly responsible for the unions foreign policy. Patten was not a career diplomat, unlike the previous governors. Thats just good history.. Now 28, she is a television producer at the BBC, making programmes for BBC Choice. 3 episodes, The Musketeers (2014) as Sister Hlne. 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. Christopher Francis Patten Visitor Chancellor of the University You can buy a print of most illustrated portraits. SELECT OPTIONS SAVE TO CART 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. Is he guilty of a kind of historical myopia? The daughters of Chris Patten, (l to r) Laura, Kate and Alice, say a tearful goodbye to Hong Kong, from on board the Royal yacht Britannia. "They didn't have the choice. He was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong, serving between 1992 and 1997. 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. Why was it that Chris Pattens daughters did not get intotrouble living in Government House for all those years, yetsuch troubles have cometo Ms Leung sinceshe moved in? a user questioned on popular HKGolden forum. Chris Patten at his home in Barnes. Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, was no stranger in picking fights with China. To support the Guardian and Observer order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. Patten was Chancellor of Newcastle University from 1999 to 2009. 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