Mary Soames, Baroness Soames
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The Right Honourable The Lady Soames LG DBE FRSL |
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Lady Soames, taking part in the Garter Day procession to Windsor Castle on 19 June 2006
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Mary Spencer-Churchill 15 September 1922 Chartwell, Westerham, Kent, United Kingdom |
| Died | 31 May 2014 (aged 91) London, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Christopher Soames, Baron Soames (1947–1987, his death) |
| Children |
Nicholas Emma Jeremy Charlotte Rupert |
| Parent(s) |
Winston Churchill (father) Clementine Churchill (mother) |
Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, LG, DBE, FRSL (née Spencer-Churchill; 15 September 1922 – 31 May 2014) was the youngest of the five children of Winston Churchill and his wife, Clementine. She was the wife of Christopher Soames.
Mary Spencer-Churchill was raised at Chartwell and educated at the Manor House at Limpsfield. She worked for the Red Cross and the Women's Voluntary Service from 1939 to 1941, and joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1941 with whom she served in London, Belgium and Germany in mixed anti-aircraft batteries, rising to the rank of Junior Commander (equivalent to Captain). She also accompanied her father as aide-de-camp on several of his overseas journeys, including his post-VE trip to Potsdam, where he met with Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin.
She served many public organisations, such as the International Churchill Society, as a Patron; Church Army and Churchill Houses; and chaired the Royal National Theatre Board of Trustees between 1989 and 1995. She was Patron of the National Benevolent Fund for the Aged.
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