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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.
Arthur Christopher John Soames, barone Soames di Fletching è stato un politico e diplomatico britannico, esponente del partito conservatore. È stato commissario europeo e governatore della Rhodesia Meridionale.
23 giu 2021 · Nel 1975, Christopher Soames fu il primo commissario europeo a visitare la Cina. Dopo il riconoscimento di Pechino come unico rappresentante legittimo della RPC , vennero ufficialmente instaurate le relazioni diplomatiche sino-europee.
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. 2 In an age of slow communication, he could.
- Sue Onslow
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...
- Sue Onslow
- 2013
Rupert Christopher Soames OBE (born 18 May 1959) is a British businessman and the former chief executive of Serco from 2014 to 2023. He is a grandson of Winston Churchill, a nephew of one-time Defence Secretary Duncan Sandys and his wife Diana Churchill, of journalist Randolph Churchill, and of actress and dancer Sarah Churchill.
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. He was hence an unusual choice, especially for a Labour government, selected for an unusual moment in Anglo–
