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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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
