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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
Duncan Edwin Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys CH PC war ein britischer Diplomat und Politiker der Conservative Party. Er diente in einer Zeit der Entkolonialisierung als Minister in aufeinanderfolgenden konservativen Regierungen.
1957-62 . 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.
