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Feb 14, 2009 · Finest Hour 116, Autumn 2002. As Churchill’s daughter, Mary Soames had the run of 10 Downing Street and helped arrange dinner with Stalin. She talks to Graham Turner about eighty rich and varied years. Graham Turner is a journalist whom we knew years ago when he covered the motor industry and wrote a penetrating, oft-quoted book, The Leyland ...
Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, LG, DBE, FRSL was an English author. The youngest of the five children of Winston Churchill and his wife, Clementine, she worked for public organisations including the Red Cross and the Women's Voluntary Service from 1939 to 1941, and joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1941. She was the wife of Conservative politician Christopher Soames.
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.
Jun 7, 2014 · In 1947 Mary went to stay in Paris with Duff Cooper, then the British ambassador, and his wife Lady Diana. There Mary met the assistant military attaché Captain Christopher Soames of the ...
Jun 1, 2014 · Born Sept. 15, 1922, Mary Soames was the youngest of five children of Churchill and his wife Clementine. As her father led Britain's fight against Nazi Germany during World War II, she joined ...
Jun 1, 2014 · 1 June 2014. Lady Mary Soames, Winston Churchill's last surviving child, has died at the age of 91, her family have announced. She died on Saturday at her home after a short illness. She was the ...
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. He was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Bedford from 1950 to 1966. He held several government posts and ...
