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The Man on the Spot: Christopher Soames and Decolonisation of Zimbabwe/Rhodesia Sue Onslow 1 In the historiography of British imperialism, the role of the ‘man on the spot’ has been identified as an important impulse to the imperial project, and as a key instigator of decision making.
Rupert Christopher Soames OBE (born 18 May 1959) is a British businessman and the former chief executive of Serco from 2014 to 2023. [1] 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 .
and Christopher Soames, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the party in the House of Lords. Of these possible appointments, Soames’ trump card was his ‘great diplomatic experience’.11 He had served as British Ambassador in Paris, where he had earned the well-deserved reputation of being able to get on well with difficult characters
Christopher Soames, 1968–72 139 improvement of Anglo–French relations over the EEC issue and, perhaps rather more crucially, the appearance of improved relations that the governments of both Georges Pompidou and Edward Heath were keen to project. A rather unusual ambassador Soames was not a professional diplomat.
Oct 10, 1996 · Christopher Benjamin and Amanda Redman star in two six-part BBC radio crime dramas, created by Christopher Lee. In these compelling murder mysteries, MI6 officers Henry Colvil and Alex Soames become involved in a pair of complex cases which take them to the very top of the political and religious spheres.
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 –
The ‘avuncular Christopher Soames … who was very large and solid, sort of put his arm around Mugabe and jollied him along. (His) great achievement was to get Mugabe on side … He did it by appealing to him as a person, as a man; by being his friend.
