Mary Soames, Baroness Soames

Mary Soames, LG, DBE ( born September 15, 1922) is the widow of Christopher Soames, Baron Soames, and the daughter of Sir Winston Churchill.

When Mary Spencer-Churchill was she born as the youngest of five children of Sir Winston Churchill and Clementine Churchill.

During the Second World War, she worked at the British Red Cross, and later in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, where the female soldiers of the British Army were summarized. There, she reached the rank of captain and was used with anti-aircraft batteries in the United Kingdom, Belgium and Germany. Later, she served her father as aide on various trips abroad, including at the Potsdam Conference.

In 1947, she married Christopher Soames. Her husband was a well-known politician of the Conservative Party. Lady Soames lived among other things, in Paris, where her husband had been transferred as a British ambassador in Brussels, where he held the office of Vice - President of the European Commission, and in Rhodesia, where her husband was the last Governor-General with him. The marriage produced five children, including Nicholas Soames, who is also a prominent Member of Parliament of the Conservative Party.

Lady Soames has held numerous honorary positions and is a successful author. Among other things, she wrote a biography of her mother, who has a lot of recognition. She gave out the correspondence of her parents and has the official biographer of her father, Sir Martin Gilbert advised.

After her the second highest level of the Orders of the British Empire had been awarded in 1980, she received the 2005 Order of the Garter, the highest British orders. The investiture took place on 13 June 2005 at the so-called Garter Day at Windsor Castle.

Names and titles

  • Mary Churchill (September 15, 1922-1945 )
  • Mary Churchill, MBE (1945 to 11 February 1947)
  • Mary Soames, MBE ( 11 February 1947 to 17 May 1965)
  • The Honourable Mrs. Soames, MBE (May 17, 1965 to April 19, 1978 )
  • The Lady Soames, MBE (19 April 1978 to June 14, 1980 )
  • The Lady Soames, DBE (June 14, 1980 to April 23, 2005 )
  • The Lady Soames, LG, DBE (23 April 2005 to present )

Works

  • Clementine Churchill: the biography of a marriage. - London: Cassell, 1978 - ISBN 0304303216.
  • Winston Churchill: His Life As a Painter. - London: Harper Collins, 1990 - ISBN 0002178680.
  • The Profligate Duke: George Spencer-Churchill, fifth Duke of Marlborough, and his Duchess. - London: Collins, 1987 - ISBN 0002163764.
  • Author
  • Biography
  • Lady of the Order of the Garter
  • Winston Churchill
  • Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Briton
  • Born in 1922
  • Woman
  • Person (Red Cross)
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