page_title: Christopher Soames
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Christopher Soames / Family
caption_attribution_description: English: Bladon, Oxfordshire - St Martin's Church - churchyard, grave of Prime Minister Churchill's daughters and son-in-law Lord Soames
context_page_description: Arthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames, GCMG, GCVO, CH, CBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as a European Commissioner and the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia. He was previously the member of Parliament for Bedford from 1950 to 1966. He held several government posts and attained Cabinet rank.
  Soames was the son-in-law of Winston Churchill.
context_section_description: Lord Soames married Mary Churchill, the youngest child of Winston and Clementine Churchill, on 11 February 1947. They had five children:
  Sir Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames (b. 12 February 1948) – Former Conservative and Independent Member of Parliament and former Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
  Emma Mary Soames (b. 6 September 1949) – editor of Saga magazine.
  Jeremy Bernard Soames (b. 25 May 1952)
  Charlotte Clementine Soames, the Countess Peel (b. 17 July 1954), is married to The Earl Peel, the Lord Chamberlain
  Rupert Christopher Soames (b. 18 May 1959).
caption: Churchill and Soames' grave at St Martin's Church, Bladon
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