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In 1935 Duncan-Sandys was elected as a Conservative MP and married Diana Bailey, eldest daughter of Sir Winston Churchill. During World War II he saw active service until 1941 when he was involved in a serious car crash. He resumed his political career in the Coalition Government, amidst some claims of nepotism.
Date: 1961 From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988] Reference: B-137-443 Description: Cartoon shows Prime Minister Keith Holyoake with the Minister of Overseas Trade John Marshall, who is commenting to Holyoake as the British politician Duncan Sandys walks into the office in a Tyrolean outfit.
THE IMPACT OF DUNCAN SANDYS: 1957-62 143 efficient use of manpower should follow the end of National Service, and Sandys contended that if the army could reach 180,000 by voluntary recruitment, the forces available for extra-European operations would fall by only 5,000-10,000 below the 1957 strength of 75,000.
The 1957 White Paper on Defence (Cmnd. 124) was a British white paper issued in March 1957 setting forth the perceived future of the British military. [1] It had profound effects on all aspects of the defence industry but probably the most affected was the British aircraft industry. Duncan Sandys, the recently appointed Minister of Defence ...
The 2019 3D Journeys "Magic of Morocco" lecture series presents Duncan Sandys, the great grandson of Winston Churchill. His topic: "Churchill and Morocco."
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Duncan Sandys took up his appointment on 13 January 1957 having been specifically instructed to secure ‘a substantial reduction in expenditure and manpower’ in the armed forces, and having been granted much more formidable powers than any previous Minister of Defence. Eleven weeks of furious activity followed during which many toes were ...
Duncan Sandys était un pur produit de l’ Establishment britannique : fils d'un député conservateur, élevé à Eton, il poursuit ses études au Magdalen College de l' université d'Oxford et devint diplomate, notamment à Berlin. À ce poste, il mit en garde le Foreign Office contre le réarmement clandestin allemand ; il fut rappelé à ...
