Resultado de búsqueda
Duncan Edwin Duncan-Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys [1] 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 .
- 1937–1946
- Conservative
Duncan Sandys (born Jan. 24, 1908, London, Eng.—died Nov. 26, 1987, London) 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
27 de nov. de 1987 · Lord Duncan-Sandys, the longtime British politician and diplomat who negotiated the independence of nearly a dozen British colonies and territories in the 1960's, died yesterday at his home in...
5 de ago. de 2019 · Duncan Sandys was the last of Harold Macmillan’s four Colonial Secretaries who oversaw the dismantling of Britain’s postwar empire and also the last to receive serious biographical study.
- James Robert Brennan
- 2020
Edwin Duncan Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys CH, PC (24 de enero de 1908 - 26 de noviembre de 1987), fue un político y ministro británico en sucesivos gobiernos conservadores en las décadas de 1950 y 1960. Fue yerno de Winston Churchill y desempeñó un papel clave en la promoción de la unidad europea después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
10 de nov. de 2017 · Duncan Sandys and the Informal Politics of Britain’s Late Decolonisation. Peter Brooke. Part of the book series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series ( (CIPCSS)) 337 Accesses. Abstract. Sandys has yet to be the subject of a biography. This chapter presents an overview of his career.
25 de feb. de 2013 · Sandys' task was “radically pruning Britain's military capacity and adopting a defence posture more in keeping with a medium-size power.” This shift in policy was brought about by the April 1957 Defence White Paper.
