Lord Patten was Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997, overseeing the return of The Territory to China. He was appointed European Commissioner for External Relations in 1999 and held this post until November 2004. He became a member of the House of Lords in 2005. Lord Patten is Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 2003.

He has written a number of books.

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