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Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, KG, CH, PC ( Chinese: 彭定康; [2] 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. He was made a life peer in 2005 and has been Chancellor of the University of Oxford since 2003.
Feb 6, 2024 · Oxford University chancellor Chris Patten has announced “with a heavy heart” that he will retire after more than 20 years in the role. He said he will retire at the end of the 2023/24 academic...
Jun 27, 2022 · “You have to say when things are wicked”: Chris Patten’s lessons from negotiating with China. Hong Kong's last British governor on hopes betrayed, the risk of repeating mistakes and his view of Boris Johnson.
Jun 20, 2022 · LONDON (AP) — Beijing’s crackdown on civil liberties in Hong Kong has been “a lot worse” than expected, the last British governor of the city said Monday as he launched a new book to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the former British colony’s handover to Chinese rule.
Feb 6, 2024 · Oxford University chancellor Chris Patten has announced “with a heavy heart” that he will retire after more than 20 years in the role. He said he will retire at the end of the 2023/24 academic...
Jul 16, 2022 · Hong Kong handover anniversary. In this excerpt from his new book, the city’s last governor reveals how he really felt as Britain prepared for the transfer of sovereignty to China. Chris Patten....
Jul 13, 2022 · Chris Patten flies back to Hong Kong in 1992, the year he was appointed governor © Corbis via Getty Images. But he reserves particular venom for the British and Hong Kong business leaders —...
Jun 27, 2017 · Chris Patten did his best to bulwark Hong Kong's freedoms, but two decades later the last colonial governor worries he didn’t do enough.
Jul 7, 2022 · Chris Patten, the governor, notes in his diary a “fascinating” find: decade-old telegrams that showed what he and many others had always suspected.
Jun 20, 2022 · The colonial administration bid its final farewell as Chris Patten, a former Tory minister who had served as Hong Kong’s last British governor, boarded the HMS Britannia on 30 June 1997....
