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The Rt. Hon. Lord Patten CH

Last British Governor of Hong Kong, Former European Union Commissioner and Author

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The Rt. Hon. Lord Patten CH Biography

Christopher Francis Patten was educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read Modern History and was elected a Domus Exhibitioner. In 1965, he won a Coolidge Travelling Scholarship to the USA.

He joined the Conservative Research Department in 1966. He was seconded to the Cabinet Office in 1970 and was personal assistant and political secretary to Lord Carrington and Lord Whitelaw when they were chairmen of the Conservative Party from 1972-1974. In 1974, he was appointed the youngest ever director of the Conservative Research Department, a post which he held until 1979.

Lord Patten was elected as Member of Parliament for Bath in May 1979, a seat he held until April 1992. In 1983, he wrote The Tory Case, a study of Conservatism.

Following the General Election of June 1983, Lord Patten was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office and in September 1985 Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science. In September 1986, he became Minister for Overseas Development at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1989 and was appointed a Companion of Honour in 1998. In July 1989, he became Secretary of State for the Environment. In November 1990 he was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Chairman of the Conservative Party.

Lord Patten was appointed Governor of Hong Kong in April 1992, a position he held until 1997, overseeing the return of Hong Kong to China. He was chairman of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland set up under the Good Friday Peace Agreement, which reported in 1999.

From 1999 to 2004, he was European Commissioner for External Relations, and in January 2005 he took his seat in the House of Lords. In 2006, he was appointed co-chair of the UK-India Round Table.

He is an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, and honorary fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. He was appointed chancellor of Newcastle University in 1999, and elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 2003.

His publications include What Next? Surviving the 21st Century (2008); Not Quite the Diplomat: Home Truths About World Affairs (2005) and East and West (1998), about Asia and its relations with the rest of the world.

Lord Patten married Lavender Thornton in 1971. They have three daughters, Kate (born in 1973), Laura (1974) and Alice (1979). He reads a lot and is keen on tennis and gardening.

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The Rt. Hon. Lord Patten CH Speaking Topics

  • Asia's Economic Future

    Theres no doubt that the biggest economic player in the coming years will be China. Chinas emergence as an economic powerhouse prompts many questions. How will competition with China affect Japanese markets and those of other Asian countries? And how does the global economy and outsourcing influence economies in the Pacific rim? And what does all this mean for the West? Lord Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong, draws on his unique experience as someone intimately familiar with both Asian culture and economies to show how established and emerging markets in Asia will affect Western economies and how the West can remain competitive.

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