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unusual facts about Christopher Soames



President of Rhodesia

Following the Lancaster House Agreement, Britain resumed control of the rebel colony, and appointed Lord Soames as Governor until the country became independent as Zimbabwe on 18 April 1980.

Rupert Soames

Soames was born in Croydon and is a grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, the son of Lord and Lady Soames, a nephew of the former Defence Secretary Duncan Sandys and Diana Churchill; the journalist Randolph Churchill and the actress and dancer Sarah Churchill and a great-nephew of the founders of the Scout movement, Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell.


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Rupert Soames

Rupert Christopher Soames, OBE (born 18 May 1959) is a British businessman, currently CEO of the Glasgow-based power equipment company Aggreko.