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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 ...
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 .
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.
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...
The opening of the Soames archives. Guide to the papers of Churchill's youngest daughter Mary Soames and her husband, the politician and diplomat Christopher Soames.
Abstract. 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.
Christopher Soames, 1968–72. Daniel Furby and N. Piers Ludlow. 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.
