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Chris Patten


Born
in Cleveleys, Lancashire, The United Kingdom
May 12, 1944

Genre
Memoir, History


Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH

Graduate of Balliol College, University Oxford (1965).

Among his services, appointments, and honors, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath (1979-1992), Minister for Overseas Development at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1986-1989), Secretary of State for the Environment (1989-1992), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1990-1992), Chairman of the Conservative Party (1990-1992), the last Governor of Hong Kong (1992-1997), appointed a Companion of Honour (CH) by Queen Elizabeth II (1998), Chairman of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland (1998-1999), Chancellor of Newcastle University (1999-2009), 1999, appointed as one of the UK's two members to the ...more

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Average rating: 3.8 · 1,112 ratings · 134 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors
The Hong Kong Diaries
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East and West
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First Confession: A Sort of...
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Not Quite the Diplomat: Hom...
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What Next?
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Cousins and Strangers: Amer...
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Letters to Hong Kong
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Hong Kong: Transition
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Rode Hard: A Long-Short Story
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“Those of us who had a perfectly happy childhood should be able to sue for deprivation of literary royalties.”
― Chris Patten
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“Know thyself’ was Socrates’ challenge, a challenge both to personal memory and to honesty.”
― Chris Patten, First Confession: A Sort of Memoir
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“It’s an astonishing mixture of Chinese hard work, entrepreneurialism, self-discipline and individual guts along with good old-fashioned British public administration.”
― Chris Patten, The Hong Kong Diaries
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