Soames, Arthur Christopher John, 1920 - 1987 (Baron Soames of Fletching, politician)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1920 - 1987
Admin / Family structure
Son-in-law of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
File
Extract from memoirs: Sir Donald Logan, 2002
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 62
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2002
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Letters from Lady Diana Cooper to Conrad Russell, 1946-01 - 1946-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DIAC 1/1/26
Scope and Contents
Letters from France, chiefly the British Embassy in Paris [France], mainly on entertaining, with other subjects including: the Conference of Foreign Ministers (including Ernest Bevin [Foreign Secretary]); the declining health of "Loulou" [Louise de Vilmorin]; visits from Winston Churchill in Paris and Geneva [Switzerland], July and Aug 1946; Mary Churchill’s engagement to [Arthur] Christopher Soames; the death of Lady Diana’s sister Marjorie, Lady Anglesey.
Dates:
1946-01 - 1946-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Letters from Lady Diana Cooper to Conrad Russell, 1947-01 - 1947-03
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DIAC 1/1/28
Scope and Contents
Letters from France, chiefly the British Embassy in Paris [France], mainly on entertaining, including visits by Rosamond Lehmann and Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, with other subjects including the wedding of Mary Churchill to [Arthur] Christopher Soames, and the signing of the Treaty of Dunkirk.
Dates:
1947-01 - 1947-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Item
"Mary: Wife", 1947-02
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/278
Scope and Contents
Photo of Mary Soames [earlier Mary Churchill] and Christopher Soames [?on their honeymoon in Switzerland] smiling at each other. They are wearing winter clothing and walking boots and in the background is a snow covered mountain.
Dates:
1947-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
File
Memoir of the British Embassy in Paris, 1971-1973, by Sir Roger du Boulay
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MISC 77
Scope and Contents
Including memories of the British Ambassador, Christopher Soames; his wife, Mary Soames; negotiations between Edward Heath and Georges Pompidou prior to the United Kingdom's entry into the European Community on 1 January 1973; and a state visit to Paris by Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and the Prince of Wales to celebrate the successful conclusion of those negotiations and the signing of the accession treaty, 15-19 May 1972.
Also with notes on Christopher Soames as last British...
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Some material within the collection is closed to researchers.
Fonds
The Papers of Baron Soames
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM
Scope and Contents
The papers include: political correspondence relating to Soames's ministerial career and with his Conservative colleagues; papers from his diplomatic postings in Paris, Brussels and Rhodesia; articles and speeches; photographs; appointment diaries; personal correspondence with friends; recordings and transcripts of interviews with CS which were to be used in his memoirs, which were never completed; some papers on his personal interests, including horseracing; some videos, particularly...
Dates:
1921 - 2006
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Lady Soames
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL
Scope and Contents
Includes: research material for books on the Churchill family, including originals and copies of family correspondence, particularly MS's own correspondence with her mother; personal and office diaries; papers relating to MS's time with her husband in Paris and Rhodesia; correspondence; photographs, both relating to MS's own career, and those which she collected as source material for her books on the Churchill family; speeches; papers relating to visits and lectures undertaken by MS on...
Dates:
1828 - 2014
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Sir Michael Franklin
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FKLN
Scope and Contents
The collection relates primarily to Sir Michael’s involvement with policy on Europe. It includes his diaries from 1961-4, and a memoir of his time at the Cabinet Office from 1977-81. This memoir was written by Sir Michael in retirement.
Dates:
1961 - 2012
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
File
Transcript of interview: Edward Chaplin, 2021
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 201
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2021
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Lord Hannay of Chiswick, 1999
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 38
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
1999
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Robin Byatt, 2016
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 148
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2016
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Sir Alan Campbell, 1996, 1982
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 2
Dates:
1996; 1982
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Sir Crispin Tickell, 1999
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 36
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
1999
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Sir Derek Thomas, 2002
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 71
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2002
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Sir Kieran Prendergast, 2012
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 137
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2012
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Sir Michael Palliser, 1999
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 37
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
1999
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Sir William Harding, 2014
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 143
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2014
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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