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Christopher Francis Patten is a British Conservative politician and a Patron of the Tory Reform Group. He was a Member of Parliament, eventually rising to a cabinet minister and party chairman.
In the latter capacity, he orchestrated the Conservatives' unexpected fourth consecutive electoral victory in 1992, but lost his own seat in the House of Commons. He then accepted the post of last Commander in Chief and British Governor of Hong Kong.
After Hong Kong's handover to the People's Republic of China, Patten became the European Commissioner for foreign relations.
After leaving that post, he returned to the UK and was raised to the Peerage. He is the Chancellor of Newcastle University and the University of Oxford.
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