Duncan Sandys
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The Right Honourable The Lord Duncan-Sandys CH PC |
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| Secretary of State for the Colonies | |||||||||||
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In office 13 July 1962 – 16 October 1964 |
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| Prime Minister |
Harold Macmillan Sir Alec Douglas-Home |
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| Preceded by | Reginald Maudling | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Anthony Greenwood | ||||||||||
| Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations | |||||||||||
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In office 27 July 1960 – 16 October 1964 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | The Earl of Home | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Arthur Bottomley | ||||||||||
| Minister of Aviation | |||||||||||
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In office 14 October 1959 – 27 July 1960 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Office Created | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Peter Thorneycroft | ||||||||||
| Minister of Defence | |||||||||||
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In office 14 January 1957 – 14 October 1959 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Anthony Head | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Harold Watkinson | ||||||||||
| Minister of Housing and Local Government | |||||||||||
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In office 19 October 1954 – 4 January 1957 |
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| Prime Minister |
Winston Churchill Sir Anthony Eden |
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| Preceded by | Harold Macmillan | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Henry Brooke | ||||||||||
| Minister of Supply | |||||||||||
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In office 31 October 1951 – 19 October 1954 |
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| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | George Strauss | ||||||||||
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| Member of Parliament for Streatham |
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In office 23 February 1950 – 23 February 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Sir David Robertson | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | William Shelton | ||||||||||
| Member of Parliament for Norwood |
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In office 14 March 1935 – 5 July 1945 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Walter Greaves-Lord | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Ronald Chamberlain | ||||||||||
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| Born | 24 January 1908 | ||||||||||
| Died | 26 November 1987 (aged 79) | ||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||
| Political party | Conservative | ||||||||||
| Spouse(s) |
Diana Churchill (1935–1960) Marie-Claire Schmitt (1962–1987) |
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| Relations |
George John Sandys (father) Winston Churchill (father-in-law) |
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| Children | Julian (1936–1997) Edwina (b. 1938) Celia (b. 1943) Laura (b. 1964) |
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| Alma mater |
Eton College Magdalen College, Oxford |
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| Profession | Diplomat | ||||||||||
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1937–1946 | ||||||||||
| Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel | ||||||||||
| Unit | Royal Artillery | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | Norwegian Campaign | ||||||||||
Anthony Greenwood
The Earl of Longford
Frederick Lee
Edwin Duncan Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys CH PC (/ˈsændz/) (24 January 1908 – 26 November 1987) was a British politician and minister in successive Conservative governments in the 1950s and 1960s. He was the son-in-law of Sir Winston Churchill.
Sandys was the son of George John Sandys, a Conservative member of parliament (1910–1918) and was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. He entered the diplomatic service in 1930, serving at the Foreign Office in London as well as at the embassy in Berlin.
He became Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwood in south London in a by-election in March 1935, after being opposed at Norwood by a candidate put up by Randolph Churchill.
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