{"id":154958,"date":"2023-04-23T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/?p=917175"},"modified":"2023-04-23T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T00:00:00","slug":"king-appoints-lord-patten-and-baroness-ashton-to-order-of-the-garter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/2023\/04\/23\/king-appoints-lord-patten-and-baroness-ashton-to-order-of-the-garter\/","title":{"rendered":"King appoints Lord Patten and Baroness Ashton to Order of the Garter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lord Patten of Barnes has been appointed by the King to the Order of the Garter (Adam Davy\/PA) \u2014 \u00a9 Adam Davy
\nChris Patten, the final governor of Hong Kong, and former Labour minister Catherine Ashton have been appointed by the King to the Order of the Garter.
\nCharles has announced that Lord Patten of Barnes, a former Conservative MP and who served as governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to the handover to China in 1997, has been appointed to be a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
\nFormer Labour minister and European Union diplomat Baroness Ashton of Upholland was appointed to be a Lady Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
\nThe announcements for the oldest and most senior order of chivalry in the country are made on St George\u2019s Day (April 23) \u2013 the patron saint of the order.
\nIn a statement, Buckingham Palace said: \u201cHis Majesty The King has been graciously pleased to appoint the Right Honourable the Baroness Ashton of Upholland GCMG to be a Lady Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter and the Right Honourable the Lord Patten of Barnes CH to be a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.\u201d
\nThe appointment is in \u201cthe King\u2019s gift\u201d and is in the same category as the Order of the Thistle, the Order of Merit and the Royal Victorian Order, the statement added.
\nAccording to the royal website, The Order includes The King, who is Sovereign of the Garter, several senior members of the royal family and 24 knights chosen in recognition of their work.
\nIt states: \u201cKnights of the Garter are chosen personally by the Sovereign to honour those who have held public office, who have contributed in a particular way to national life or who have served the Sovereign personally.
\n\u201cThese have included Marshal of the RAF, Lord Stirrup, and former prime ministers Sir John Major and Sir Winston Churchill.\u201d
\nBaroness Ashton served as parliamentary under-secretary of state in the Department for Education and the Ministry of Justice between 1999 and 2007.
\nShe also served as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council as well as diplomatic roles including British European commissioner and commissioner for trade in the European Commission, vice-president of the European Commission and as the EU\u2019s first high representative of the union for foreign affairs and security policy.
\nShe contributed towards negotiating a peace settlement between Serbia and Kosovo, and bringing about the Iran nuclear agreement.
\nBaroness Ashton was appointed a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to international diplomacy, has served as the Order\u2019s King of Arms and is currently Chancellor of the Order.
\nLord Patten of Barnes was first elected as an MP in 1979 and served across government for more than two decades, including as secretary of state for the environment and chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, as well as Conservative Party chairman.
\nHe also led the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland and served as European commissioner for external relations from 1999 to 2004, and was chairman of the BBC Trust between 2011 and 2014.<\/p>\n

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Lord Patten of Barnes has been appointed by the King to the Order of the Garter (Adam Davy\/PA) \u2014 \u00a9 Adam Davy
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