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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.
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.
Arthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames of Fletching ( Penn, 12. Oktober 1920 - Odiham, 16. September 1987) war ein britischer Politiker und Diplomat, Mitglied der Konservativen Partei. Er war EU-Kommissar und Gouverneur von Südrhodesien.
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. Equa...
- Sue Onslow
- 2013
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...
- Daniel Furby, N. Piers Ludlow
- 2013
Guide to the papers of Churchill's youngest daughter Mary Soames and her husband, the politician and diplomat Christopher Soames.
Christopher Soames was a former Conservative minister and Churchill's son-in-law, appointed by Labour to improve Anglo–French relations and secure EEC membership. He faced the Soames affair, de Gaulle's fall and Pompidou's rise in his four years in Paris.
