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Arthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames, GCMG, GCVO, CH, CBE, PC (12 October 1920 – 16 September 1987) was a British Conservative politician who served as a European Commissioner and the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia.
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Soames was born in 1948 in Croydon, Surrey, the eldest son of Sir Christopher Soames and Dame Mary (née Spencer-Churchill) Soames. He is a grandson of the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill , and a grandnephew of Lady Baden-Powell , World Chief Guide, the wife of the founder of the Scout movement , Lord Baden-Powell .
Arthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames, was a British Conservative politician who served as a European Commissioner and the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia. He was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Bedford from 1950 to 1966. He held several government posts and attained Cabinet rank.
Drawing on his personal archives at the Churchill College Archive Centre and material at the National Archives, together with oral history testimony from former participants, this paper seeks to present a more nuanced view of Soames’ contribution to independence of Britain's ‘Last Colony in Africa’.
- Sue Onslow
- 2013
May 4, 2021 · His father, Christopher (later Lord) Soames, was an MP, cabinet minister and British ambassador to France from 1968 to 1972. His grandfather was Winston Churchill, who needs no introduction. But when I spoke to Sir Nicholas recently about his and his family’s long connection with France, it turned out that the story begins with his great ...
May 1, 2022 · Death: September 16, 1987 (66) Odiham, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom (pancreatitis) Place of Burial: St Martin Churchyard, Oxfordshire, England. Immediate Family: Son of Capt. Arthur Granville Soames and Hope Mary Woodbine Soames. Husband of Mary Soames, Baroness Soames.
Rupert Christopher Soames OBE (born 18 May 1959) is a British businessman and the former chief executive of Serco from 2014 to 2023. He is a grandson of Winston Churchill, a nephew of one-time Defence Secretary Duncan Sandys and his wife Diana Churchill, of journalist Randolph Churchill, and of actress and dancer Sarah Churchill.
