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.
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.
- 1967–1975
- Conservative
Família Mary casou com o conservador político Christopher Soames (mais tarde criado Barão Soames) em 1947 e tiveram cinco filhos: Arthur Nicholas Soames Winston (conhecido como Nicholas; 12 de fevereiro de 1948) membro conservador do parlamento e ex- secretário de Sombra de Estado da Defesa
- Mary Spencer-Churchill
Christopher Soames was born on October 12, 1920 in Penn, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was previously married to Lady Mary Soames. He died on September 16, 1987 in Odiham, Hampshire, England, UK.
The four months of Christopher Soames’ administration as the last British Governor comprised the second vital stage of implementation, particularly given the presence of four competing armed forces in Rhodesia at the time, all of whom had external backers. Choose