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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. He was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Bedford from 1950 to 1966. He held several government posts and ...
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 Nicholas Winston Soames, Baron Soames of Fletching: 12 February 1948: m. Catherine N. Weatherall 1981 1. Arthur Harry David Soames b. 1985; m. Serena Mary Smith 1993 2. Isabella Soames b. 1996; 3. Christopher Soames b. 2001 –
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.
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...
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’.
The opening of the Soames archives. Guide to the papers of Churchill's youngest daughter Mary Soames and her husband, the politician and diplomat Christopher Soames.
