Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council
In office 5 May 1979 – 14 September 1981
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by
The Lord Peart (Lords)
Michael Foot (Council)
Succeeded by
The Baroness Young (Lords)
Francis Pym (Council)
Shadow Foreign Secretary
In office 11 November 1965 – 13 April 1966
Leader
Edward Heath
Preceded by
Reginald Maudling
Succeeded by
Alec Douglas-Home
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office 27 July 1960 – 16 October 1964
Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan
Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded by
John Hare
Succeeded by
Fred Peart
Secretary of State for War
In office 6 January 1958 – 27 July 1960
Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan
Preceded by
John Hare
Succeeded by
John Profumo
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty
In office 9 January 1957 – 6 January 1958
Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan
Preceded by
George Ward
Succeeded by
Robert Allan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air
In office 6 April 1955 – 9 January 1957
Prime Minister
Anthony Eden
Preceded by
George Ward
Succeeded by
Ian Orr-Ewing
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life peerage 19 April 1978 – 16 September 1987
Member of Parliament for Bedford
In office 23 February 1950 – 10 March 1966
Preceded by
Thomas Skeffington-Lodge
Succeeded by
Brian Parkyn
Personal details
Born
Arthur Christopher John Soames
(1920-10-12)12 October 1920 Penn, Buckinghamshire, England
Died
16 September 1987(1987-09-16) (aged 66) Odiham, Hampshire, England
Resting place
St Martin's Church, Bladon
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Mary Churchill
(m. 1947)
Children
5, including Nicholas, Emma and Rupert
Parent
Arthur Granville Soames (father)
Relatives
Winston Churchill (father‑in‑law)
Education
Eton College
Alma mater
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
n.b.1^ as President of Zimbabwe Rhodesia
n.b.2^ as President of Zimbabwe
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 posts and attained Cabinet rank.
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