Duncan Sandys

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Person.png Duncan Sandys   Geni IMDB NNDB WikidataRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Diplomat)
Born1908-01-24
London, England
Died1987-11-26 (Age 79)
London, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materEton College, Magdalen College Oxford
Children • Julian
• Edwina
• Celia
• Laura
SpouseDiana Churchill
Perpetrator of1948 Hague Congress
PartyConservative
Relatives • George John Sandys
• Winston Churchill
UK diplomat, son-in-law of Winston Churchill.

Employment.png Secretary of State for the Colonies Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
13 July 1962 - 16 October 1964
Preceded byReginald Maudling

Employment.png Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
27 July 1960 - 16 October 1964
Preceded byAlec Douglas-Home

Employment.png UK/Minister of Aviation

In office
14 October 1959 - 27 July 1960
Succeeded byPeter Thorneycroft

Employment.png UK/Minister of Defence

In office
14 January 1957 - 14 October 1959

Employment.png UK/Minister of Housing and Local Government

In office
19 October 1954 - 4 January 1957
Preceded byHarold Macmillan

Employment.png UK/Minister of Supply

In office
31 October 1951 - 19 October 1954

Employment.png UK/Minister of Supply

In office
16 October 1964 - 13 April 1966

Employment.png Shadow Secretary of State for the Colonies

In office
16 October 1964 - 13 April 1966

Employment.png Member of Parliament for Streatham

In office
23 February 1950 - 23 February 1974
Preceded byErnest Bevin, Alfred Robens

Duncan Sandys was the son-in-law of Winston Churchill.

Sandys was pictured in a famous polaroid picture, as one of 'two headless men'.[1][2]

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