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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 ...
Jun 1, 2014 · Her late husband, Christopher Soames, was a prominent Conservative politician who served as a minister under Anthony Eden, Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home and Margaret Thatcher. He also...
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.
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
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.
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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. The
A chapter from a book about the Paris Embassy, focusing on Christopher Soames, the British ambassador to France during the EEC negotiations. It examines his appointment, his mission, his style and his role in the Soames affair.
