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Duncan Edwin Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys (gesprochen „sands“) CH PC (* 24. Januar 1908; † 26. November 1987) war ein britischer Diplomat und Politiker der Conservative Party. Er diente in einer Zeit der Entkolonialisierung als Minister in aufeinanderfolgenden konservativen Regierungen.
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 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. He became a close ally of his.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
10. Nov. 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
5. Aug. 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
27. Nov. 1987 · Lord Duncan-Sandys (pronounced sands) was a leading figure in his country's political affairs for nearly four decades. A tall, elegantly tailored man with red hair and a notorious temper, he...
This book throws new light on the impact of informal ‘old boy’ networks on British decolonisation. Duncan Sandys was one of the leading Conservative politicians of the middle decades of twentieth-century Britain. He was also a key figure in the Harold Macmillan’s ‘Winds of Change’ policy of decolonisation, serving as Secretary for the ...
