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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
Article History. Also called: (from 1974) Duncan Edwin Duncan-sandys, Baron Duncan-sandys. Born: Jan. 24, 1908, London, Eng. Died: Nov. 26, 1987, London (aged 79) Title / Office: parliament (1950-1974), United Kingdom. parliament (1935-1945), United Kingdom. Political Affiliation: Conservative Party.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 5, 2019 · By the time Duncan Sandys (1962–64) was appointed Colonial Secretary, only a handful of difficult cases remained—Kenya, the Central African Federation, and Southern Arabia most prominently. An effective bureaucratic brawler and hatchet man, Sandys continued the government’s frenetic pace of decolonization, overseeing Kenya’s ...
- James Robert Brennan
- 2020
Nov 27, 1987 · Born Jan. 24, 1908, Duncan Edwin Sandys was the only son of Capt. George John Sandys, a wealthy Conservative member of Parliament, and the former Mildred Cameron, a New Zealander.
Edwin Duncan Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys CH, PC ( / sændz /; 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.
- Sir Alec Douglas-HomeEdward Heath
Nov 28, 1987 · Associated Press. LONDON — Lord Duncan-Sandys, one of the last survivors of Sir Winston Churchill’s World War II Cabinet and the statesman who supervised the dismantling of the British Empire,...
(1908-1987), Politician; Secretary of State for the Colonies. Sitter in 19 portraits. In 1935 Duncan-Sandys was elected as a Conservative MP and married Diana Bailey, eldest daughter of Sir Winston Churchill. During World War II he saw active service until 1941 when he was involved in a serious car crash.
