Background
Barnes, Lord Patten of was born on May 12, 1944.
academic administrator government official
Barnes, Lord Patten of was born on May 12, 1944.
Graduate, Balliol College Oxford University, England.
With Conservative Party Research Department, 1966-1970, director, 1974-1979. Appointed to Cabinet Office, 1970. With Home Office, then personal assistant to party chair Lord Carrington, 1972-1974.
Member of Parliament from Bath district, 1979-1992. Parliament private secretary to leader House of Commons, 1979-1981. Minister of state for education Government of England, 1985—1986, minister of state for overseas development, 1986—1989, secretary of state for environment, 1989—1990.
Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster, London, 1990—1992. Governor general Hong Kong, 1992—1997. Chancellor Newcastle University, 1999—2009, Oxford University, since 2003.
External affairs minister European Union, Brussels, 1999—2004. Chairman Indiana Commission on Policing Northern Ireland, 1999. Appointed to privy council Queen's Birthday Honours List, 1989.
Married Lavender Thornton, 1971. Children: Kate, Laura, Alice.