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Biographie. Christopher Soames naît à Penn, dans le Buckinghamshire, benjamin d'une fratrie de trois enfants et unique fils d'Arthur Granville Soames et de son épouse Hope Mary Woodbyne. Il est élève à Eton puis à l' Académie royale militaire de Sandhurst 1. Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il combat au Proche-Orient, en Italie et en ...
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 career at Churchill’s side, as his father-in-law ...
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
7 de jul. de 2015 · Arthur Christopher Soames, Baron Soames, (1920-1987) was a British Conservative politician who served as the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1979-80).He served the Government of Harold Macmillan as Secretary of State for War and as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and also served as British Ambassador to France (1968-72) and European Commissioner for Trade and External ...
Thatcher had come to trust Carrington’s judgement, and both had formed immense personal liking and respect for the other.16 The Prime Minister did not take much persuading, judging by her extremely affectionate personal telephone call to Christopher and Mary Soames on Christmas Day 1979.17 This helped to protect both Soames and Carrington from Tory right-wing criticisms of his handling of ...
1 de out. de 2012 · Soames reported to London: ‘the French government are not telling the truth and they know it’. He was also informed by foreign minister Michel Debré that no talks between the two countries were now possible. Crispin Tickell, who served in the British embassy in Paris during the Soames affair, has recalled: ‘The mood in London at the time ...
17 de set. de 1987 · Arthur Christopher John Soames was born on Oct. 12, 1920, the son of a Buckinghamshire landowner. He was educated at Eton and at the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, ...
