But there was a bigger question, which I think framed the whole problem. "They didn't have the choice. It's unnerving being seen at your most vulnerable by so many people.". A Lancashire native, Patten grew up in London and was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. "I'm the deputy beauty editor at Tatler, I'm very happy here, and that's it really. [27], Patten is a Catholic and oversaw Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom in September 2010. We never talked about politics or religion at home, Patten says. But after the official handing over ceremony was complete, and they had been poured stiff gins by Prince Charles aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia, the Patten family faced a rather ignominious return to a semi-detached Victorian house in Barnes. n Hong Kong, they were known as the Three Graces. Im grateful for your support, I love you Hong Kong, a poston the Alice Patten Facebook page said. 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. During his tenure, his government significantly expanded the territory's social welfare programmes and introduced democratic reforms to the electoral system.[2]. John Majors bastards have long since taken over. 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. [citation needed]. They bought the. 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. 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. 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. 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". 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). I take as my baseline what Nelson Mandela said about the Rhodes Trust, he says. I knew the cardinal when I was there, he says. He has been an opponent of the movement at Oxford to tear down the statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes. It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large. In 2005 and 2006, she appeared in English Touring Theatre's Hamlet, playing Ophelia opposite Ed Stoppard's Prince of Denmark. Please ensure your comments are relevant and appropriate. His first job in the party was as a desk officer. [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. He laughs. 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. 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. Try AbeBooks. But what if youre wrong? "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. 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". 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. 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. Consider its policies in Xinjiang. Its funny you should say that. I suggest the fractures go back to the 1990s. Tory! Bartis Edmond Hawley-Wall, Kyler Havard, Zealot23, Nich Smith, Matt Koltes, Chris Mulvihill . 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. 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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. Each email has a link to unsubscribe. He made the case for negotiation rather than outright demands for independence. His father was a jazz drummer who later became a popular music publisher. SHANGHAI -- Seventeen years after sailing on Britain's Royal Yacht away from Hong Kong, the tango dancer is on the move again. 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. The family has enjoyed good image among the populace, contrasting oddly with the city's present first family hit by accusation of abuse of power. 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. 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. Thats just good history.. Many good people were driven out of the Conservative party by Brexit. Chris Daughtry 's family has confirmed his stepdaughter's cause of death. Hannah Price died at the age of 25 in Fentress County, Tenn. A woman. His family was Irish Catholic. 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 yeah, I do get angry about things. "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.". (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. 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 was born into an Irish Catholic family on his paternal side. Their mother, Lavender Patten, told the Evening Standard that her daughters had never wanted to be famous in the first place. Within the last five years of British rule, acclaimed journalist Jonathan Dimbleby was given unique access to the governor which enabled him to document the . 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. 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. 1 episode, Merlin (20092010) as Ygraine. [8], In contrast to his predecessors, Patten decided not to wear the official Court uniform on formal occasions. Is he guilty of a kind of historical myopia? 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. 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. 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. His wifes father competed in the 1936 Olympics, part of that Chariots of Fire generation, and was killed in 1944. 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. He was born into an Irish Catholic family on his paternal side. After obtaining a modern history degree in 1965, he became active in politics and joined the Conservative Party. She lived in Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997. In 2019, amidst the protests in Hong Kong, Patten spoke out in support of the protesters. 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). After his loss in 1992, Patten declined the offer of a new seat and assumed the position of the 28th Governor of Hong Kong. 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. Chris Patten I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics. 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. 1 episode, Jonathan Creek (2004) as Dawn/Gillian Bailey. And I just think Johnson is terribly wrong. 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. If they inspire you please support our work. 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. Patten has become a kind of living reminder of that shift on the right. Before relinquishing the colonial administration to China in 1997, he was fighting daily battles, mostly verbal, with . 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. [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. [33], University roles and elevation to the peerage, BBC royal river pageant outside broadcast, Critical studies and reviews of Patten's work. Friday July 01 2022, 5.00pm, The Sunday Times. Alice has obviously chosen to go into a world that's amazing and stuff, which will obviously attract attention, but she's my dearest best friend, she's absolutely amazing, and I know she'll be a huge star. Its an aspect of a mature patriotism to look at both the good bit and the bad bits. His job was to accumulate information on the television performance of rival William F. Buckley, Jr. Please Like other favourites! Im met at the door by his wife, Lavender, and their terrier, Bobby. Marcus Higgins (David Spade) has become a single womanizer. If you have information to share please complete the form below. He held this position within the Prodi Commission from 23 January 2000 until 22 November 2004. Before that she was doing a series called Rock Shrines, about dead pop stars and their fans. At the United Nations, he met with China's foreign affairs minister, Tang . https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/christopher-francis-patten-1050.php. "She travelled to cities such as San Francisco for Rock Shrines," he says. 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.". Leung Chai-yan, the other daughter of the Chief Executive, claimed she was domestically abused by hermother and had beenlocked up. The Hong Kong Diaries is published on 21 June by Allen Lane (30). In 1966, Chris Patten became involved with the Conservative Party. Chris Patten is Chancellor of Oxford University. Hong Kong nicknamed him Fat Pang (Chinese: ), making him the only governor to have a widely recognised Chinese nickname. 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. The 42-year-old musician's family confirmed to People magazine that Hannah Price, who was found dead in her home two . While he basically orchestrated the Conservative victory in the general election of 1992, he lost his own MP seat at Bath. Her role earned her praise from film critics in India. Lord Patten married Lavender Thornton in 1971. After he left Hong Kong, Patten was part of the EU team that negotiated Chinas accession to the World Trade Organization in 2002. Alice Patten is an English actress, and the daughter of Chris Patten, a prominent British Conservative politician and the last governor of Hong Kong. His work has been featured in Washington Post, Public Radio International, Hong Kong Economic Times and others. [32] In March 2009, Patten received the title Doctor honoris causa by South East European University. 1 episode, Downtown Abbey (2014) as Diana Clark. 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]. 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