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Christopher Soames var en britisk politiker. Han blev i 1947 gift med Winston Churchills datter Mary (1922-2014). Soames var konservativt medlem af Underhuset i perioden 1950-1966 med mindre regeringsposter i årene 1952-1964.
Christopher Soames was not a typical ambassador. Winston Churchill’s son-in-law, a former Member of Parliament and a former Conservative Cabinet minister, he had little diplomatic experience, but a great deal of political savoir faire. He was hence an unusual choice, especially for a Labour government, selected for an unusual moment in Anglo–
Arthur Christopher John Soames, preferred name Christopher, was born on 12 October 1920 and died on 16 September 1987. He once commented that he had been born in the aftermath of one world war and lived through a second while his son had never heard a shot fired in anger. This, he explained, was why he was a fervent Europeanist.
Arthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames of Fletching. (1920-1987), Politician and Governor of Southern Rhodesia. Sitter in 5 portraits. Like. List Thumbnail. Sort by. Mary (née Spencer-Churchill), Baroness Soames; Arthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames of Fletching. for ACME Newspictures, Inc. bromide press print, 1947.
Christopher Soames. Arthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames (* 12. Oktober 1920 in Penn, Buckinghamshire; † 16. September 1987 in Odiham, Hampshire) war ein konservativer britischer Politiker und Schwiegersohn von Winston Churchill. 1979/80 war er der letzte britische Gouverneur Südrhodesiens .
1 de mai. de 2022 · Genealogy profile for Christopher Soames, Baron Soames. Soames was born in Penn, Buckinghamshire, England, the son of Captain Arthur Granville Soames (the brother of Olave Baden-Powell, World Chief Guide, both descendants of a brewing family which had joined the landed gentry) by his marriage to Hope Mary Woodbine Parish.
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. Equal attention should be directed to assessing the contribution of ‘the man on the spot’ in the final unravelling of empire. Old fashioned diplomacy and diplomats should not be airbrushed from ...
