Chris Patten

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British politician Conservative Party politician European Commissioner governor human life peer university chancellor

Chris Patten is a British Conservative politician and life peer, best known as the last Governor of Hong Kong and a former chairman of the BBC Trust.

Aliases (3)

Governor of Hong Kong ×2
Christopher Francis Patten ×1
Christopher Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician → Conservative Party politician → European Commissioner → governor → human → life peer → university chancellor →
appointedBy	John Major →
awardReceived	Companion of Honour →
birthName	Christopher Francis Patten →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
createdPeerage	1999 →
dateOfBirth	1944-05-12 →
educatedAt	Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED → St Benedict's School, Ealing →
endTime	1997-06-30 →
fieldOfWork	politics → public administration →
genre	political writing →
honorificPrefix	The Right Honourable →
honorificSuffix	CH → FRSA → PC →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	House of Lords →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Conservative Party (UK) →
name	Chris Patten →
notableFor	being the last Governor of Hong Kong → role in the 1997 handover of Hong Kong to China → serving as European Commissioner for External Relations → serving as chairman of the BBC Trust →
numberOfChildren	3 →
occupation	author →
officeHolder	Chris Patten →
placeOfBirth	Cleveland, Lancashire, England →
positionHeld	Chairman of the BBC Trust → Chairman of the Conservative Party (UK) → Chancellor of the University of Oxford → European Commissioner for External Relations → Governor of Hong Kong → Member of Parliament for Bath → Member of the House of Lords → Minister for Overseas Development (UK) → Secretary of State for the Environment (UK) →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Barnes, London →
spouse	Lavender Thornton →
startTime	1992-07-09 →
title	Baron Patten of Barnes →
wasLastHolderOfOffice	Governor of Hong Kong →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Patten Report → Patten Report ("Christopher Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes") →	chairperson
Chris Patten ("Christopher Francis Patten") →	birthName
University of Oxford →	chancellor
Chris Patten →	name
Governor of Hong Kong →	officeHolder
Hong Kong under British rule ("Governor of Hong Kong") →	representativeOfHeadOfState