Emma Soames (born 9 September 1949) is a British editor. She was the one-time girlfriend of Martin Amis. She is a granddaughter of Sir

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (Winston Churchill in the Second World War, ...

Family life

Her father was Lord Christopher Soames son of Harold Soames, whose sister was Olave Baden-Powell, World Chief Guide.
Her mother was Mary nee Churchill, the daughter of Sir

.
She is a sister of Lord Nicholas Soames who was a Conservative Minister of Defence under Sir John Major.

Education

Soames was educated at three

independent school A private school or independent school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a State school, public school. Private schools are schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their fina ...

s: at Laverock School in

Oxted Oxted is a town and civil parish in the Tandridge District, Tandridge district of Surrey, England. It is at the foot of the North Downs, south-east of Croydon, west of Sevenoaks, and north of East Grinstead. Oxted is a commuter town and Ox ...

Surrey Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the wes ...

, followed by Hamilton House School in

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

(both in South East England), followed by Queen's College (from 1965–66) in Harley Street in Central London. She then studied in Paris at the Sorbonne and at Sciences Po.

Life and career

Editor of '' Literary Review'', '' Tatler'', and '' ES Magazine'', Soames was a long-serving editor of the ''

Telegraph Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas ...

'' magazine, then editor of ''

Saga Magazine Saga is a British company focused on serving the needs of those aged 50 and over. It has 2.7 million customers. The company operates sites on the Kent and Sussex coast: Enbrook Park and Priory Square. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange. ...

''. In 2016 she appeared on a BBC Four show on the subject of Winston Churchill and his paintings.

External links

Interview with Lynn Barber, ''The Observer'', 1 December 2002

The day a nation buried WW2 leader Winston Churchill: BBC video of Emma Soames' recollections, 30 January 2014
1949 births Living people People educated at Queen's College, London British journalists Emma Daughters of life peers Family of Winston Churchill {{UK-journalist-stub