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May 1, 2022 · Förnamn Edwin Mellannamn Duncan Efternamn Sandys Dödsdatum 26 november 1987 27 november 1987. "Edwin Duncan Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys, [1] CH PC (24 January 1908 – 26 November 1987) was a British politician and minister in successive Conservative governments in the 1950s and 1960s. He was for a quarter century the son-in-law of Sir ...
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 Colonies and Commonwealth Relations from 1960 to 1964. When he lost office he fought strenuously to ...
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. Eleven weeks of furious activity followed during which many toes were ...
Duncan Edwin Duncan-Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys, 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.
This book offers new perspectives on British nuclear policy-making at the height of the Cold War, arguing that the decisions taken by the British government during the 1950s and 1960s in pursuit of its nuclear ambitions cannot be properly understood without close reference to Duncan Sandys, and in particular the policy preferences that emerged from his experiences of the Second World War and ...
The Historical Group held their 2017 Seminar 'The 1957 Defence Review: The Riddle of the Sandys'. You can view the speaker biographies and synopses as well as the presentations below. Sandys’ White Paper appeared to have a profound impact on the UK aircraft industry with its negative effect on military programmes, but within five years ...
Aug 26, 2022 · Anglo-Malayan defence agreement. On 20 August 1957, Duncan Sandys, the British Minister of Defence, while in Canberra at the start of a tour of Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and South East Asia, discovered the perils of the unscripted news conference. Sandys had hoped to use the tour to explain some of the recent changes to British defence ...
