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Duncan Edwin Duncan-Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys CH, PC (/ s æ n d z /; 24 January 1908 – 26 November 1987), was a British politician and minister in successive Conservative governments in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a son-in-law of Winston Churchill and played a key role in promoting European unity after World War II
- 1937–1946
- Conservative
Duncan Sandys (born Jan. 24, 1908, London, Eng.—died Nov. 26, 1987, London) was a British politician and statesman who exerted major influence on foreign and domestic policy during mid-20th-century Conservative administrations. The son of a member of Parliament, Sandys was first elected to Parliament as a Conservative in 1935.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
22 de abr. de 2022 · People speculated that the “headless man” was wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill’s son-in-law, Duncan Sandys, as it was reported that only the Minister of Defense had access to a Polaroid ...
- Eloise Barry
5 de ago. de 2019 · A book review of Peter Brooke's biography of Duncan Sandys, the last Colonial Secretary to oversee the end of Britain's empire. The reviewer highlights Sandys' paradoxical role as a decolonization opponent and his post-office activism.
- James Robert Brennan
- 2020
10 de nov. de 2017 · A biographical overview of Duncan Sandys, a prominent Conservative politician who shaped Britain's late decolonisation policy and promoted its role in Europe. Learn about his background, career, personality and controversies in this chapter from a book series on imperial and post-colonial studies.
- Peter Brooke
- 2018
27 de nov. de 1987 · Lord Duncan-Sandys, the longtime British politician and diplomat who negotiated the independence of nearly a dozen British colonies and territories in the 1960's, died yesterday at his home in...
25 de fev. de 2013 · Read this article. Duncan Sandys' tenure at the Ministry of Defence has usually been seen as one of the major turning points in post-war British defence policy. The consensus is that Sandys was a prime mover in bringing about a contraction of Britain's military capabilities in an era when economic constraints, coupled with the need for Britain ...
