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   Christopher Soames. 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.

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3. www.bbc.com › news › uk-politics-27655894Lady Mary Soames, Winston Churchill's daughter, dies - BBC

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   Jun 1, 2014 · Lady Mary Soames, the last surviving child of wartime leader Winston Churchill, dies at the age of 91. ... Her late husband, Christopher Soames, was a prominent Conservative politician who served ...

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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 ...

5. www.euppublishing.com › doi › fullThe Man on the Spot: Christopher Soames and Decolonisation of ...

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   This was equally true of Christopher Soames, the last colonial governor of Southern Rhodesia. The fraught negotiations at Lancaster House on Rhodesia-Zimbabwe's constitutional arrangements for independence between September-December 1979 were only part of the delicate process of resolution of the intractable UDI problem.

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6. history.blog.gov.uk › 2019/12/23 › the-lancasterThe Lancaster House Agreement 40 years on

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   Dec 23, 2019 · At a time of extreme tension, the newly appointed governor-general Christopher Soames, supported by a small detachment of British troops, achieved the disarmament of the rival armies and supervised the first free elections in February 1980.

7. archives.chu.cam.ac.uk › collections › researchThe opening of the Soames archives - Churchill Archives Centre

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   Christopher Soames’s archive has been partly open, though not sorted, for some years, but Mary had retained many of his papers, which also came to the Archives Centre on her death, so we decided to take the opportunity to redo the whole thing while the new material was being added in. Christopher (the “Great Pachyderm”) also began his ...

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   What did Christopher Soames do?

   • At a time of extreme tension, the newly appointed governor-general Christopher Soames, supported by a small detachment of British troops, achieved the disarmament of the rival armies and supervised the first free elections in February 1980.

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   Who was Baron Soames?

   • He was created a life peer on 19 April 1978 as Baron Soames, of Fletching in the County of East Sussex. He served as the interim governor of Southern Rhodesia from 1979 to 1980, charged with administering the terms of the Lancaster House Agreement and overseeing its governmental transition into Zimbabwe.

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   How did Christopher Soames get Mugabe on side?

   • 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. It was a brilliant performance.

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9. commonwealthoralhistories.org › christopher-soamesChristopher Soames - Commonwealth Oral History Project

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   Jul 7, 2015 · Learn about the life and career of Christopher Soames, a British Conservative politician and the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia. He also served as a minister, an ambassador and a European Commissioner.