Soames

Soames or Somes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abraham Somes (1732–1819), American soldier from Maine
• Arthur Granville Soames (1886–1962), English soldier, father of Christopher
• Arthur Wellesley Soames, (1852–1934), British politician and architect, son of William Aldwin
• A. Soames (fl. 1899–1902), South African cricket umpire
• Christopher Soames, Baron Soames (1920–1987), British politician and governor of Rhodesia
• Daniel E. Somes (1815–1888), American politician from Maine
• David Soames, (born 1984), English footballer
• Henry Soames (1843–1913), English cricketer, son of William Aldwin
• Henry Soames (historian) (1785–1860), English clergyman and ecclesiastical historian
• Jacqueline Soames (born 1968), British figure skater
• Jane Soames (1900–1988), British-born author, translator, and historian
• Joseph Somes (1787–1845), British shipowner and politician
• Joseph Somes (1819–1871), British politician
• Mary Soames, Baroness Soames (1922–2014), daughter of Winston Churchill, wife of Christopher
• Michael Somes (1917–1994), English ballet dancer
• Nicholas Soames (born 1948), British politician, son of Christopher
• Rupert Soames (born 1959), British businessman, son of Christopher
• Sally Soames (1937–2019), British newspaper photographer
• Scott Soames (born 1946), American philosopher
• Wendy Ellis Somes, British ballet producer and former ballerina
• William Aldwin Soames, founder of Brighton College, father of Arthur Wellesley, Henry and William
• William Soames (1850–1916), English cricketer, son of William Aldwin

Fictional

• Captain Soames, police captain in 1992 horror movie Sleepwalkers
• Dudley Soames, the real name of the supervillain Torque of the DC Comics Nightwing
• "Enoch Soames", a short story by the British writer Max Beerbohm
• Hilton Soames, a character in The Adventure of the Three Students, a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• John Soames, title character of The Mind of Mr. Soames, a 1970 British film
• Soames Forsyte, protagonist of The Forsyte Saga
• Tildie Soames, a mutant in the Marvel Universe
• Characters in the British soap opera Coronation Street:
  • Alison Soames, Kirsty Soames mother
  • Edwin Soames, Kirsty Soames' father
  • Kirsty Soames

Places

• Somes Bar, California , an unincorporated community in Siskiyou County, California, United States
• Matiu / Somes Island, in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand
• Somes Sound, a body of water running deep into Mount Desert Island, Maine, United States

See also

• Soame (disambiguation)
• Someș (disambiguation)

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