Editing Christopher Soames (section)

== Personal life ==
Lord Soames married [[Mary Churchill]], the youngest child of [[Winston Churchill|Winston]] and [[Clementine Churchill]], on 11 February 1947. They had five children:

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* [[Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames|Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames, Baron Soames of Fletching]] (b. 12 February 1948), Member of House of Lords, former Conservative MP and [[Shadow Secretary of State for Defence]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/116/career|title=Lord Soames of Fletching |website=MPs and Lords |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Emma Soames|Emma Mary Soames]] (b. 6 September 1949), editor of ''[[Saga plc|Saga]]'' magazine;
* Jeremy Bernard Soames (b. 25 May 1952);
* Charlotte Clementine Soames, Countess Peel (b. 17 July 1954), married to [[William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel]], former [[Lord Chamberlain]];
* [[Rupert Christopher Soames]] (b. 18 May 1959).{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
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[[File:Bladon, Oxfordshire - St Martin's Church - churchyard, grave of Prime Minister Churchill's daughters.jpg|thumb|upright|Christopher and Mary Soames' grave at [[St Martin's Church, Bladon]], in 2015]]

Lord Soames died from cancer at his home in [[Odiham]] on 16 September 1987.<ref name = ODNB/> His ashes were buried within the Churchill plot at [[St Martin's Church, Bladon]], near [[Woodstock, Oxfordshire]].{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}