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Mary Soames , daughter of Winston Churchill and wife of Christopher Soames, visits the Bertram Mills Circus at Olympia in London with her son Rupert,...
Feb 8, 2015 · By David Reynolds. Mary Soames was the last surviving child of Winston and Clementine Churchill, and the only one of their five children who really came to terms with bearing that distinguished family name. She enjoyed a fulfilled life as daughter, wife and mother before blossoming into an accomplished writer.
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Feb 14, 2009 · There are Churchills all around us as we talk in the drawing room of her Holland Park home: busts, photos, paintings of them, paintings by them. The most striking is a superb picture of the goldfish pool at Chartwell, painted by her father and left to her by her mother. Soon, Lady Soames will start to write her own memoirs.
Jun 5, 2014 · Her other books included an annotated family photo album, an examination of Churchill as a painter and a 702-page collection of letters between Churchill and his wife.
By any standards Mary Soames was one of the most remarkable women of her era: close confidante (possibly the closest) to Winston Churchill throughout the second world war, dedicated political wife ...
Jul 24, 2015 · Mary’s family, of course, was there in force. Lessons were read by Sir Nicholas Soames, her eldest son, and by Sir John Major, the former prime minister. Here follows the Address given by William Shawcross, a close family friend: I sat next to Mary, when she was in her early 80s, at a charity dinner, which boasted a small fun fair.
Photo [at St Margaret's Church, Westminister] shows Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames] wearing a wedding dress and veil holding WSC's arm. WSC is wearing a morning suit and both are smiling. Dates: 1947-02-11
