Many of them will have been among the legions of fans whose letters bombarded Sir Patrick, each of which would get a reply bashed out on Sir Patrick's long-suffering Woodstock typewriter.
Sir Patrick took every opportunity to meet his audience, undertaking lectures, tours, public appearances and more.
Sir Patrick seemed to imply that parties should return money from donors who benefit from their policies.
One of their most famous guest speakers in recent years was Sky at Night presenter Sir Patrick Moore.
Soon after be became the society's patron, Sir Patrick helped to open the island's main observatory in 1999.
Sir Patrick Moore was a "true icon, " the chairman of the Isle of Man's Astronomical society has said.
Sir Patrick, who had been the patron of the island society since 1994, made several visits to the island.
Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore, host of the long-running The Sky at Night, has died at the age of 89.
Sir Patrick wrote dozens of books on astronomy and his research was used by the US and the Russians in their space programmes.
The astronomer Sir Patrick Moore was also awarded an honorary fellowship in recognition of his long-running BBC TV programme, The Sky at Night.
Signatories include former government chief scientist and Royal Society president Lord May as well as Zoological Society of London president Professor Sir Patrick Bateson.
Sir Patrick presented the BBC programme The Sky At Night for over 50 years, making him the longest-running host of the same television show ever.
It is unclear which of the two actors will be given top billing for the shows, though Sir Patrick said there was "no question" who should.
Farthings, Sir Patrick's home in Selsey in West Sussex, ran for years as an effective open house and science centre, with the observatory in the garden.
Described by one of his close friends as "fearlessly eccentric", Sir Patrick was notable for his habit of wearing a monocle on screen and his idiosyncratic style.
The civil servant who was in charge of water privatisation, Sir Patrick Brown, has said that the customer "should have done better" when the industry was privatised.
The acting director general of the BBC, Tim Davie, said his achievements at the corporation "were unmatched", adding that Sir Patrick will be missed by his "countless fans".
Queen guitarist Brian May, who published a book on astronomy written with Sir Patrick, described him as a "dear friend, and a kind of father figure to me".
Sir Patrick's remit has been widened to consider this possibility.
The civil servant who was in charge of water privatisation, Sir Patrick Brown, has told the BBC that the customer "lost out" when the industry was privatised in 1989.
Sir Patrick, best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, first appeared on Broadway in A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1971 and has recently been seen in Macbeth.
Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart will return for Days of Future Past, which will time travel between different eras, more than 13 years after first taking on the roles of mutant adversaries.
This was primarily used for Sir Patrick's own observations of the Moon and planets, but was also open to passing amateur astronomers, youth groups and anyone else who might be inspired by a glimpse of the sky.
These books in particular inspired a generation of schoolchildren to take up astronomy and it was a regular occurrence for Sir Patrick to be presented with dog-eared copies of long forgotten titles by eminent professors looking for his signature.
Not long afterwards, Sir Patrick Moore called him to give him advice on telescopes and such, and despite being football fans, we thought getting a phone call from Patrick Moore was so much cooler than David Beckham... we were never particularly cool at school!
The foundation, directed by Sir Patrick Fairweather, a former British ambassador to Albania and to Italy, and financed mainly by grants from David Packard, heir to America's Hewlett-Packard fortune, has been leading the attempt to ensure that Butrint's development is adequately financed and sensitively handled.
In short, Sir Patrick dedicated his life to talking about astronomy at any opportunity - not out of a desire to make a name for himself or to further an agenda, but because he thought the world would be a better place if he did so.
The new transport secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, has said the commission - headed by former Financial Services Authority boss Sir Howard Davies - will identify and recommend to government "options for maintaining this country's status as an international hub for aviation".
Now Sir Kenneth Branagh, he joins the ranks of fellow thespians such as Alec Guinness, Patrick Stewart and Laurence Olivier, who he played in last year's My Week With Marilyn.
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