Chris Patten

Born

1944-05-12

Birthplace

Cleveleys, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC is a British politician who served as 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.