Soames Explained
Soames or Somes may refer to:
People
- Abraham Somes (1732-1819), an American soldier and pioneer in present-day Maine
- Arthur Granville Soames, OBE (1886–1962), a member of HM's Coldstream Guards and father of Christopher Soames, Baron Soames
- Arthur Wellesley Soames, (1852–1934), a British Liberal politician and architect and son of William Aldwin Soames
- A. Soames (fl. 1899–1902), a South African cricket umpire
- Christopher Soames, Baron Soames (1920–1987), known more commonly as Lord Soames, a British cabinet minister and the last governor of Rhodesia
- Daniel E. Somes (1815-1888), a United States representative from Maine
- David Soames, (born 1984), an English footballer
- Emma Soames (born 1949), a British editor and daughter of Baron Soames
- Henry Soames (1843–1913), an English cricketer and son of William Aldwin Soames
- Henry Soames (historian) (1785–1860), an English clergyman and ecclesiastical historian
- Jacqueline Soames (born 1968), a British figure skater
- Jane Soames (1900–1988), a British-born author, translator, and historian
- Joseph Somes (1787–1845), a British shipowner and Conservative politician
- Joseph Somes (1819–1871), a British Conservative politician
- Mary Soames, Baroness Soames (1922–2014), daughter of Winston Churchill and wife of Baron Soames
- Michael Somes (1917-1994), an English ballet dancer
- Nicholas Soames (born 1948), a British Conservative MP and son of Baron Soames
- Rupert Soames (born 1959), a British businessman and son of Baron Soames
- Sally Soames (1937–2019), British newspaper photographer
- Scott Soames (born 1946), an American philosopher
- Wendy Ellis Somes, a British ballet producer and former ballerina
- William Aldwin Soames, founder of Brighton College and father of Arthur Wellesley and Henry and William
- William Soames (1850–1916), an English cricketer and son of William Aldwin Soames
Fiction
- 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
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