Nicholas Soames

The Right Honourable The Lord Soames of Fletching PC
Official portrait, 2017
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
In office 6 November 2003 – 10 May 2005
Leader	Michael Howard
Preceded by	Bernard Jenkin
Succeeded by	The Marquess of Lothian
Minister of State for the Armed Forces
In office 20 July 1994 – 2 May 1997
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Jeremy Hanley
Succeeded by	John Reid
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office 14 April 1992 – 20 July 1994
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	David Maclean
Succeeded by	Angela Browning
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 October 2022 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex
In office 1 May 1997 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by	Tim Renton
Succeeded by	Mims Davies
Member of Parliament for Crawley
In office 9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Peter Hordern (Horsham and Crawley)
Succeeded by	Laura Moffatt
Personal details
Born	Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames (1948-02-12) 12 February 1948 (age 76) Croydon, Surrey, England
Political party	Conservative[a]
Spouses	Catherine Weatherall ​ ​ (m. 1981; div. 1988)​ Serena Smith ​ ​ (m. 1993)​
Children	3
Parent(s)	Christopher Soames Mary Churchill
Relatives	Winston Churchill (grandfather) Emma Soames (sister) Rupert Soames (brother)
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Mons Officer Cadet School
Website	Official website
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1967–1975
Rank	Second lieutenant
Unit	11th Hussars Royal Hussars
^ Whip suspended from 3 September 2019 to 29 October 2019.

Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames, Baron Soames of Fletching, PC (born 12 February 1948), is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Sussex from 1997 to 2019, having previously served as the MP for Crawley from 1983 to 1997.

Soames was Minister of State for the Armed Forces from 1994 to 1997 in the government of John Major. He had the whip removed on 3 September 2019, for voting against the government, before it was restored on 29 October. His main political interests are defence, international relations, rural affairs and industry. He is a grandson of former prime minister Winston Churchill.