Chris Daughtry 's family has confirmed his stepdaughter's cause of death. Chris Patten, with wife Lavender and daughters Alice and Laura, is greeted by the Chief Secretary, Sir David Ford, on arrival in Hong Kong on 9 July 1992 Much of the time during the summer is. 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. Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post: Trump may be . 1,311 Chris Patten Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images Images Creative Editorial Video Editorial FILTERS CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO All Sports Entertainment News Archival Browse 1,311 chris patten stock photos and images available or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Thats just good history.. On 23 May 2005 he was appointed by Cadbury as a non-executive director.[16]. See PA story ROYAL Patten. [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. Patten's defeat was attributed to factors such as the Poll Tax.[6]. He was made a life peer in 2005 and has been Chancellor of the University of Oxford since 2003.. Raised in west London, Patten studied history at . Family (1) Spouse Lavender Thornton (1971 - present) (3 children) Trivia (4) Former Governor of Hong Kong. However the general public regarded him positively. 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. 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. In 1966, Chris Patten became involved with the Conservative Party. (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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired. We normally spend our time down the pub and avoid society events like the plague.". Is he guilty of a kind of historical myopia? In 1989, the then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher made him the Secretary of State for the Environment. Chris Patten trying to console his daughter Kate (left) on the evening of Hong Kong's handover as daughter Alice looks on. . If Patten had been re-elected in 1992, sections of the media thought he would have been rewarded by appointment as Foreign Secretary, although in his autobiography John Major said that he would have made Patten Chancellor of the Exchequer. She portrayed Ygraine Pendragon, the deceased Queen of Camelot, the mother of Arthur, and the wife of the King Uther Pendragon in the BBC series Merlin . Developer Chris Patten has submitted new plans to build a four-story apartment complex at the corner of Glen and Bay streets, directly across from City Park. Hong Kong news Independent, impartial, non-profit. "They didn't have the choice. Simply to denounce it seems crazy. Concepts like that were mysterious to them. He was then an EU commissioner, partly responsible for the unions foreign policy. A caption was changed to correct a date: Chris Patten received the Order of the Companions of Honour in 1998; not 1989. The good old days when HK was the Pearl of the Orient, one commentator said, which was liked more than 250times. Grand promises made about one country, two systems mixed with anecdotes about the Pattens three daughters and two dogs. Patten. W e had one of those thunderbolt feelings when we saw our main home in Barnes . At Queens College, Cambridge - where a month ago she achieved a "slightly disappointing" 2:2 in modern languages, she went out with Jordan Frieda, the son of Lulu and hairdresser John Frieda. 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 married to Lavender Thornton since 1971. Raised in west London, Patten studied history at Balliol College, Oxford. Press release from the City of Menifee: MENIFEE - Menifee's street projects and construction updates are getting an upgrade! and at Queens' College, Cambridge. Tony Blair suggested that it made the road to democracy [in China] unstoppable. Consider its policies in Xinjiang. Please refresh the page and/or try again. 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 . Dominic Patten / Deadline: David Zaslav Praises CNN Adding More GOP Voices; "Balance Strategy" Is "Important," Warner Bros Discovery Boss Says . Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC ( Chinese: ; [1] born 12 May 1944) is a British politician. Search instead in Creative? One time I. [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. London, WC2H 0HE He reads a lot and is keen on tennis and gardening. degree from the University of Bath. Chris Patten was born on May 12, 1944 in Ealing, London, England. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/christopher-francis-patten-1050.php. Sometimes we have not recorded the date of a portrait. East and West. Her two elder sisters, Laura and Kate, however, are less keen to recapture their moment in the spotlight. They have three daughters together, Katharine Joan (born 1973), Laura (1974 or 1975), and Alice (1980). Despite this, he enjoyed significant popularity in Hong Kong. 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. He also introduced, and steered through Parliament, the major legislation that became the Environmental Protection Act 1990. He laughs. (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. In 2003 he was awarded an honorary LL.D. [32] In March 2009, Patten received the title Doctor honoris causa by South East European University. 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. This wasnt a colony like any other. There are still a few. Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, was no stranger in picking fights with China. His role however is minor as the film depicts him being replaced with one month to go before the handover. He garnered widespread criticism for the controversial Community Charge (or so-called "Poll Tax"). Patten was interviewed about the rise of Thatcherism for the 2006 BBC TV documentary series Tory! (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. Now 28, she is a television producer at the BBC, making programmes for BBC Choice. 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. Millions of premium Stock photos and illustrations created by leading commercial photographers, world-famous Museums, Historical Archives and Private Collections. Indian film, This page was last edited on 16 February 2023, at 22:23. He might just have got through the modest . The page posted two old photos of Pattens family when they wereat the Government House. 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. He was the architect of Majors 1992 election victory, built on a belief that, post-Thatcher, the party must be tolerant, efficient and generous-spirited. Commentaries Videos & Podcasts Author's Comments Sort by: Latest Popular Show: All On Point Get involved in exciting, inspiring conversations with other readers. Try AbeBooks. On 29 September 2005, he published his memoirs, Not Quite the Diplomat: Home Truths About World Affairs. Hong Kong netizens have been posting oldphotos of Chris Pattensthree daughters Laura, Kate and Alice when they were in Hong Kong, since the incident involving Leung Chun-yan, the Chief Executives youngest daughter, was revealedby local media. Alice Patten. A practising Roman Catholic, he organized Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom in September 2010. He is also the one of only two living former governors of Hong Kong with Sir David Wilson. The Black Watch [the last British military unit to leave] werent going to hold Hong Kong against the Peoples Liberation Army. Patten was educated at Island School in Hong Kong[1] 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. A Lancashire native, Patten grew up in London and was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. Reading his 2017 memoir, First Confession, I was struck by how much his faith meant to him. Theyre watching a ship under full sail heading over the horizon at dusk. 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. Angela Wintle. It was going to become part of China. Marisabina Russo, Russo, Marisabina 1950- Russo, Marisabina 1950- Personal Born May 1, 1950, in New York, NY; daughter of Michele Russo (a naval . This article about an English actor is a stub. "[12] This marked the end of British rule in Hong Kong. "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.". Chris Patten. On the table is the book hes just put down, Julia Boyds A Village in the Third Reich: How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed by the Rise of Fascism, and a copy of his own new book, The Hong Kong Diaries, which is the occasion for our meeting. Hong Kong nicknamed him Fat Pang (Chinese: ), making him the only governor to have a widely recognised Chinese nickname. 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. Views expressed by opinion writers and advertisers are not necessarily shared by HKFP. He was the architect of Major's 1992 election victory, built on a belief that, post-Thatcher, the party must be "tolerant,. 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. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Bath in 1979, and served until he was unseated in 1992. [18], On 11 January 2005 Patten was created a life peer as Baron Patten of Barnes, of Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Lavender doesnt entirely approve; I think she fears it makes me a tad sanctimonious. Try AbeBooks. In September 1985, he was appointed a Minister of State in the Department of Education and Science. How I wonder, sitting on his plump sofa, does he envisage that? [27], Patten is a Catholic and oversaw Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom in September 2010. Its been a very long nervous breakdown. We'll need your email address so that we can follow up on the information provided and contact you to let you know when your contribution has been published. 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. 01 Dec 1990. The one he liked most was coined by an Episcopalian American missionary bishop who talked about being on the seashore with his friend. Paperback. In October 2009, Patten was Chief Guest at The Doon School, a boarding school in Dehradun, India, which is a member of the United Kingdom's Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. 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). Delivery charges may apply. Miserable times he writes. I think they thought that Hong Kong was just about allowing people to become rich.. 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. Enter your password to log in. Join our newsletter and follow us on our social media channels to find out more about exhibitions, events and the people and portraits in our Collection. It is hard to beat Dominic Grieves description of him as a moral vacuum., A few minutes later he phones me back. [citation needed]. After serving the organisation for three years, he resigned on May 6, 2014. Chris Patten is Chancellor of Oxford University. Nostalgia for theformer first family was also invokedby an incident in March last year. She lived in Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997. He became a life peer in 2005, and since 2003, he has held the position of the Chancellor of Oxford University. Those are three values for the scrapbook. Hong Kong's legacy from Chris Patten's Diaries to City on the Edge. He kept a daily journal of his historic years in Hong Kong, partly on tape recordings. 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. Chris Patten at his home in Barnes. Which he thought was something which was valuable to South Africa. 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. 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 has been a Conservative member of the House of Lords since 2005. Although supportive of Alice, they seem wary that her success will reignite interest in the family. 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. CH PC Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes 1944512 Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 19921997 "I thought there was a prospect that (China) would keep its word, and I'm sorry that it hasn't," he said in London. He fears the results are being played out in Hong Kong. by Jillian Edelsteinbromide fibre print, August 1990NPG x45377. [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. What theyre doing in Hong Kong is wicked. Patten's actions were strongly criticised by the pro-Beijing political parties of Hong Kong. Try AbeBooks. At which point, the young mans lovely girlfriend just burst into tears. degree from the University of Trinity College, Toronto and an honorary D.Litt. 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. We dont have a Conservative government at all, but an English nationalist party. Chris Patten photographed at his home in London. If they inspire you please support our work. Chris Patten. He is the co-chair of International Crisis Group, overseeing many international operations. 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. Get involved in exciting, inspiring conversations. I take as my baseline what Nelson Mandela said about the Rhodes Trust, he says. He was born into an Irish Catholic family on his paternal side. He was Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 until 1997, Chairman for the Independent Commission on Policing after the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 . Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. It was an extremely apolitical household; my parents would have voted Conservative. All contributions are moderated. With Margaret Thatcher (and Michael Portillo, far right) while he was environment secretary in 1989. atten was not a silver-spoon Tory. I knew the cardinal when I was there, he says. It's 25 years since Hong Kong was handed back to China in June 1997. 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). If you have information to share please complete the form below. Tory! 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. We would welcome any information that adds to and enhances our information and understanding about a particular portrait, sitter or artist. He is known for Tory! When they learn that their coach has died, they all return to New England with their families for the funeral. Contact Us They're now grown up and all doing fine. And its probably just because so many of the things that I think my generation took for granted are now being trashed., Patten was not a silver-spoon Tory. They had the mandate of heaven and I didnt even have the mandate of the voters of Bath. His father was a drummer in a jazz band who became a music publisher, before running a precarious business making jingles for TV. Each email has a link to unsubscribe. 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". A colleague who works with Kate at the BBC describes her as "serious and hard-working". 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. Patten was Chancellor of Newcastle University from 1999 to 2009. 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. How Covid helped China tighten its hold on Hong Kong, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. 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". Last Governor of Hong Kong Chris patten on 20th Anniversary - Full interview Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes CH PC (born 12 May 1944) is a British politician who served as the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997. Wednesday night, musician Chris Daughtry and his wife shared the cause of their daughter's sudden death on Nov. 12, 2021. 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 . 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. Visiting him is like stepping into a lost Conservative hinterland. He was made a life peer in 2005 and has been Chancellor of the University of . Christopher Francis Patten was born on May 12 1944. I have trained 5 . 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. [19], On the advice of the ConservativeLiberal Democrat coalition government led by Prime Minister David Cameron, Patten was appointed by the Queen-in-Council as Chairman of the BBC Trust, and he took office on 1 May 2011, in the place of Sir Michael Lyons whose contract was not renewed. 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