I train athletes looking for upgrades to their shooting, ball handling, court awareness, and post play skills. I occasionally get asked to preach in college chapels. His family was Irish Catholic. 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. I'm absolutely proud of them, they're all doing terrifically well. 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". [29], In 2014 Pope Francis appointed Patten to head a body to advise the Vatican on media strategy and on how to handle the press, which he remained on until 2016. To me, they're not a story, they're just my girls.". The Gallery holds the most extensive collection of portraits in the world. At the United Nations, he met with China's foreign affairs minister, Tang . But there was a bigger question, which I think framed the whole problem. The most depressing thing is Ive been watching interviews with ministers this evening, he said, and the titles alone are so depressing. [2][3], Her first major role after graduation was Eugenie in Vincent in Brixton in the West End in 2002.[4]. Beijing had expected that the use of functional constituencies with limited electorates would be used to elect this council, however Patten extended the definition of functional constituencies and thus virtually every Hong Konger was able to vote for the so-called indirectly elected members (see Politics of Hong Kong) of the Legislative Council. 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. 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). And yeah, I do get angry about things. 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 . London, WC2H 0HE 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. Now 28, she is a television producer at the BBC, making programmes for BBC Choice. He put out his memoir, Not Quite the Diplomat: Home Truths About World Affairs, on September 29, 2005. His second thought was metaphor. "[12] This marked the end of British rule in Hong Kong. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 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. 01 Dec 1990. His father was a jazz drummer who later became a popular music publisher. He was the architect of Major's 1992 election victory, built on a belief that, post-Thatcher, the party must be "tolerant,. 2 episodes, Where the Heart Is (2003) as Candida Oliver-Watts. Receiving a Coolidge travelling scholarship, he went to US, where he was part of the campaign of then-Republican New York Mayor John Lindsay. "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. St Martin's Place Commentaries Videos & Podcasts Author's Comments Sort by: Latest Popular Show: All On Point Photo: AFP/WTN Chris has an amazing sense of humour. 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. 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. All real Hong Kongers miss the Patten family very much. Anyway on we go, in my case to Strasbourg and treason the European parliament. Even for old Tories, hope springs eternal. At which point, the young mans lovely girlfriend just burst into tears. 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. Kris Cheng is a Hong Kong journalist with an interest in local politics. 1 episode, Vincent In Brixton (2003) as Eugenie Loyer, Rang De Eugenie Loyer. Keir Starmer demands Covid inquiry reports by end of year, Police scour woodland in search for Constance Martens baby, Dozens killed after passenger and freight train collide in Greece, Hancock under fire over care home deaths and chaotic Covid response, London Bridge overcrowding: Give TfL control of Southeastern trains, Number of children in food poverty near double in a year to 4 million, Putins 274mil spy plane destroyed by drones at air base in Belarus, What is the Willow Project? [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!!!. "This is where I'm happiest: on stage," she says. 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. (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. In October, he severely criticised the Hong Kong government for banning face masks. 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. Western governments, Patten believes, have been wrong because of greed to give Xi Jinpings regime an easier ride than Vladimir Putins. 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) 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. I think they thought that Hong Kong was just about allowing people to become rich.. 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 . Patten was noted to be in tears throughout the day, notably after his speech at Tamar. 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. A year later, he became Minister for Overseas Development at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Hobbies and other interests: Tennis, reading, browsing in bookshops. Delivery charges may apply. Following his governorship, Patten led the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland, a major implementation step of the Northern Ireland peace process pursuant to the Good Friday Agreement from 1998 to 1999. 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. Try AbeBooks. 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. He laughs. [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]. 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 November 2016 Patten was made a Commander of the Legion of Honour, and was presented with the award by the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom Sylvie Bermann at Kensington Palace Gardens. Dominic Patten / Deadline: David Zaslav Praises CNN Adding More GOP Voices; "Balance Strategy" Is "Important," Warner Bros Discovery Boss Says . On September 11, 1971, Chris Patten married barrister Lavender Thornton. Patten's defeat was attributed to factors such as the Poll Tax.[6]. 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. [17], Patten was the biggest proponent in the commission for Turkey's accession to the European Union. A month after her father was elected Chancellor of Oxford University,. After he left Hong Kong, Patten was part of the EU team that negotiated Chinas accession to the World Trade Organization in 2002. How I wonder, sitting on his plump sofa, does he envisage that? I've been in this job for a couple of years. The good old days when HK was the Pearl of the Orient, one commentator said, which was liked more than 250times. In September 1985, he was appointed a Minister of State in the Department of Education and Science. We dont have a Conservative government at all, but an English nationalist party. Chris Patten photographed at his home in London. "She's very popular here, partly because she pulls her weight, partly because she's fun too. Hong Kong news Independent, impartial, non-profit. 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 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. 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. 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. [citation needed]. This article about an English actor is a stub. 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. And nobody should ever see the words Nadine Dorries and culture secretary in the same sentence.. 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. What the Russians are doing in Ukraine is wicked. Patten has become a kind of living reminder of that shift on the right. He held this position within the Prodi Commission from 23 January 2000 until 22 November 2004. 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. 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. Millions of premium Stock photos and illustrations created by leading commercial photographers, world-famous Museums, Historical Archives and Private Collections. When Alice took her bow on the stage of Wyndham's Theatre on Monday night, both Laura and Kate were there to support her. When Chinese leaders said Hong Kong could remain itself for 50 years after 1997, he says, it rather begged the question of whether they knew what it was in the first place. Rob Hilliard (Rob Schneider) is a thrice divorced pacifist vegan married to Gloria (Joyce Van Patten), who is 30 years older than him. 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. 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. He has been married to Lavender Thornton since 1971. Angela Wintle. They have three daughters, Kate (born in 1973), Laura (1974) and Alice (1979). For the last 19 years he has been chancellor of Oxford University. She threatened to leave home forever on social media. 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. He became a life peer in 2005, and since 2003, he has held the position of the Chancellor of Oxford University. 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. The Hong Kong Diaries by Chris Patten is published by Allen Lane . People said to him he couldnt talk to students about death, but he thought, why not? What theyre doing in Hong Kong is wicked. We never talked about politics or religion at home, Patten says. Under a painted portrait of Patten and his wife of 51 years are photographs of their eight grandchildren. If ever there as a contradiction in terms it is that. 3 episodes, The Musketeers (2014) as Sister Hlne. : Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH PC 1944 512 - . 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. degree from the University of Ulster. He was then an EU commissioner, partly responsible for the unions foreign policy. With her long hair and perfect features, the 22-year-old is possibly the prettiest of the Patten girls and made her TV debut this year as Imogen Dartie in The Forsyte Saga, and now spends her time flitting between rehearsals at the Royal National Theatre and her new boyfriend, Cambridge graduate Dan Rookwood, an internet sports journalist and sometime travel writer at The Guardian. I talk in the diaries about trying to explain to my opposite number in Beijing what the rule of law was, that it wasnt rule by law. The plans call for 21 apartment units . Between 1998 and 1999, Chris Patten served as the Chairperson of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland. Marisabina Russo, Russo, Marisabina 1950- Russo, Marisabina 1950- Personal Born May 1, 1950, in New York, NY; daughter of Michele Russo (a naval . 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. 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