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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.
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.
Jun 1, 2014 · Lady Mary Soames, Winston Churchill's last surviving child, has died at the age of 91, her family have announced. She died on Saturday at her home after a short illness.
Arthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames, 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 attained Cabinet rank.
Oct 1, 2012 · Soames affair. 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 Winston Churchill.
Guide to the papers of Churchill's youngest daughter Mary Soames and her husband, the politician and diplomat Christopher Soames.
Sep 17, 1987 · Lord Soames, who as Britain's last colonial Governor in Rhodesia presided over its transition to majority rule as Zimbabwe, died today at his family home in Hampshire. He was 66...
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