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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
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.
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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...
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 ...
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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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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.
In 1957 the new Minister of Defence, Duncan Sandys, sought to mould British defence policy and force structure to reflect the exigencies of war in the thermonuclear age. His termination of national service meant that even relatively, the importance of the deterrent would increase.
