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Christopher Francis Patten was a prominent British Conservative politician in the early 1990s.
Educated in St Benedict’s School, Ealing, and Balliol College, Oxford, he had worked in the Conservative Party since 1966, starting in its research department. He was a member of the House of Commons from 1979 to 1992, and Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 until 1992 before losing his seat for Bath at the 1992 UK general election. Later he became the last Governor General of Hong Kong until its handover to Chinese rule in 1997.
As of March 2003, he is one of 20 European Commissioners and has responsibility for External Relations. He is also the chancellor for the universities of Newcastle and Oxford.
Bibliography
- The Tory Case
- East and West, about his governorship in Hong Kong