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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
- Norwegian Campaign
- Sir Alec Douglas-HomeEdward Heath
- 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
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...
5 de ago. de 2019 · Duncan Sandys was the last of Harold Macmillan’s four Colonial Secretaries who oversaw the dismantling of Britain’s postwar empire and also the last to receive serious biographical study.
- James Robert Brennan
- 2020
10 de nov. de 2017 · This chapter provides an overview of the career of Duncan Sandys, a Conservative politician who shaped Britain's colonial policy from 1960 to 1964. It explores his views on race, democracy, intervention and Britain's world role, as well as his personal and business interests.
- Peter Brooke
- 2018
20 de out. de 2016 · Policies and ethics. Duncan Sandys was one of the most significant British politicians of the 1950s, serving in successive Conservative administrations from 1951 to 1964, and holding a number of key posts. Most significantly, he was Minister of Defence at the time of the controversial...
Duncan Sandys and the Informal Politics of Britain’s Late Decolonisation. Home. Book. Authors: Peter Brooke. Provides a scholarly account of Duncan Sandys’ political career, contextualising his influence in the broader political landscape of the 1960s.