Also ranks #3 on What Actually Happened To Historical Figures' Grandchildren The Best Winston Churchill QuotesSee all 1Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others. 9 Votes 2The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, b...
After the war in 1947Mary married Christopher Soames, who had a distinguished career as both a Member of Parliament and a diplomat. Together they had five children, fifteen grandchildren and a growing number of great-grandchildren. ... In 2005 Mary was appointed a Lady of the Garter by Her ...
Life at Chartwell [Churchill's country home in Kent] must have been very tense.' For Churchill's ten grandchildren, life with the great man was very different. 'We would go and see him while he was having his breakfast in bed, with his budgerigar flying around the room. He and the bi...
All of these positive words greatly touched Nicholas Soames, one of Churchill's grandchildren and a member of the British Parliament. Soames returned the high praise and told the crowd that this tribute would have caused his grandfather "great pride and great pleasure." Churchill is known to...
The desire to celebrate is overwhelming -- even when she has five children, 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren scattered across the globe, who all had to be rounded up for this auspicious day.Soames, Emma