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Soames was a political animal par excellence: he appreciated the importance of the authority of office, and that masterly inactivity and seeming insouciance could be as powerful political tools as frequent press statements and presence on public occasions.
Soames was born in 1948 in Croydon, Surrey, the eldest son of Sir Christopher Soames and Dame Mary (née Spencer-Churchill) Soames. He is a grandson of the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and a grandnephew of Lady Baden-Powell, World Chief Guide, the wife of the founder of the Scout movement, Lord Baden-Powell. Industrialist Rupert Soames is Soames's brother, and journalist Emma ...
Also known as. English. Christopher Soames. British politician (1920–1987) Arthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames. Lord Soames.
Arthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames, GCMG GCVO CH CBE PC (12 October 1920 – 16 September 1987) was a British politician, a member of the Conservative Party and son-in-law of Winston Churchill. A European Commissioner and the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia, he was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bedford from 1950 to 1966. He held several government posts and attained ...
1 de out. de 2012 · On 4 February 1969, French President Charles de Gaulle hosted a private lunch at the Elysée Palace for Christopher Soames, the former Conservative Cabinet minister who had recently been appointed British ambassador to France, and his wife, Mary, daughter of … Continue reading →
Guide to the papers of Churchill's youngest daughter Mary Soames and her husband, the politician and diplomat Christopher Soames.
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.
