Arthur Granville Soames

Captain Arthur Granville Soames (12 October 1886 – 6 July 1962) was a British officer in the Coldstream Guards, a landowner, and a Sheriff of Buckinghamshire. Early life He was born on 12 October 1886 in Wingerworth, Derbyshire, England. He was the only son of Harold Soames (1855-1918), brewer, later of Gray Rigg, Lilliput, Dorset. Soames's uncle, Harold's brother, Arthur Gilstrap Soames, joined the landed gentry as Soames of Sheffield Park, but he and his wife had only one daughter, Sylvia Soames. He later left Sheffield Park to Soames. Soames's mother was Katherine Mary (1851-1932), a daughter of George Hill. He was the brother of Olave St. Clair Baden-Powell (1889–1977), World Chief Guide.