- Duncan Sandys
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The Lord Duncan-Sandys
PC In office
14 January 1957 – 14 October 1959Prime Minister Harold Macmillan Preceded by Anthony Head Succeeded by Harold Watkinson In office
13 July 1962 – 16 October 1964Prime Minister Harold Macmillan
Preceded bySucceeded by Anthony Greenwood In office
27 July 1960 – 13 July 1962Prime Minister Harold Macmillan Preceded by Succeeded by Member of Parliament
for In office
23 February 1950 – 23 February 1974Preceded by Sir David Robertson Succeeded by William Shelton Member of Parliament
for NorwoodIn office
14 November 1935 – 5 July 1945Preceded by Sir Walter Greaves-Lord Succeeded by Ronald Chamberlain Personal details Born 24 January 1908 Died 26 November 1987 (aged 79) Nationality British Political party Conservative Spouse(s) George John Sandys (father)
Winston Churchill (father-in-law)Children Julian (1936–1997)
Alma materEton College
Magdalen College, OxfordProfession Diplomat Military service Service/branch British Army Years of service 1937–1946 Rank Lieutenant-Colonel Unit British Expeditionary Force Battles/wars [1] politician and a minister in successive Conservative governments in the 1950s and 1960s. He was for some years the son-in-law of Sir Winston Churchill. Contents
Early life
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 Diana Churchill, daughter of the future prime minister (after being opposed at Norwood by a candidate put up by [2]
The Duncan Sandys case
In 1938 Sandys asked questions in the House of Commons on matters of secret services, and threatened with prosecution under section 6 of the Official Secrets Act 1920. Sandys reported the matter to the Committee of Privileges who held that the disclosures of Parliament were not subject to the legislation though an MP could be disciplined by the House.[3] The Official Secrets Act 1939 was enacted in reaction to this incident.[4]
Wartime
In 1937 Sandys was commissioned into the 51st (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army. During World War II he fought with the British Expeditionary Force in Norway and was wounded in action in 1941, giving him a permanent limp. From this time he had a desk job as the Finance Member of the Army Council. His father-in-law gave him his first ministerial post during the wartime Coalition Government. While a Minister he was also Chairman of a War Cabinet Committee for defence against German flying bombs and rockets, where he frequently clashed with the scientist and intelligence expert RV Jones.[5] However, he lost his seat in the Post-war
Sandys was responsible for establishing the Streatham and, when the Conservatives regained power, he was appointed as Jack Charles. As Minister of Housing from 1954, he introduced the Minister of Defence in 1957 and quickly produced the 1957 Defence White Paper that proposed a radical shift in the Royal Air Force by ending the use of fighter aircraft in favour of missile technology. Though later Ministers reversed the policy, the lost orders and cuts in research were responsible for several aircraft manufacturers going out of business. As Minister of Defence he saw the rationalization (i.e. merger) of much of the British military aircraft and engine industry.
He divorced his first wife ([6]
Sandys continued as a minister at the Commonwealth Relations Office, later combining it with the Colonies Office, until the Conservative government fell from power in 1964. In this role he was responsible for granting several colonies their independence.
He remained in the Shadow Cabinet until 1966 when he was sacked by Edward Heath. He had strongly supported Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence. He was not offered a post when the Conservatives won the 1970 general election, but instead served as Leader of the United Kingdom delegation to the Council of Europe and Western European Union until 1972 when he announced his retirement. The next year he was made a Companion of Honour.
In 1974 he retired from Parliament and was awarded a life peerage. He followed the example of City of Westminster. He was an active early member of the Children
Children of Diana Churchill and Lord Duncan-Sandys:
- The Hon. Julian Sandys (19 September 1936 – 15 August 1997)
- The Hon. Dennis Walters (divorced 1979).
He has another child, Laura Sandys, Conservative Member of Parliament for Interests
His business activities included a Directorship of the Rhodesia.[citation needed]
Notes
Bibliography
- Cowling, Maurice, The Impact of Hitler - British Policies and Policy 1933-1940, Cambridge University Press, 1975, p. 415, ISBN 0-521-20582-4
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Duncan Sandys
- 'Headless men' in sex scandal finally named - The Guardian, Thursday August 10, 2000.
- Obituary, New York Times Nov 7 1987
Career summary
- Coalition Government
- 20 July 1941 - 7 February 1943 Financial Secretary to the War Office
- 7 February 1943 - 21 November 1944 Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Supply
- 21 November 1944 - 25 May 1945 Minister of Works
- Caretaker Government
- 25 May 1945 - 26 July 1945 Minister of Works
- Conservative Government
- 31 October 1951 - 18 October 1954 Minister of Supply
- 18 October 1954 - 13 January 1957 Minister of Housing and Local Government
- 13 January 1957 - 14 October 1959 Minister of Defence
- 14 October 1959 - 27 July 1960 Minister of Aviation
- 27 July 1960 - 13 July 1962 Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
- 13 July 1962 - 16 October 1964 Secretary of State for the Colonies and Commonwealth Relations
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by
Sir Walter Greaves-LordMember of Parliament for Norwood
1945Succeeded by
Ronald ChamberlainPreceded by
Sir David RobertsonMember of Parliament for 1950–Succeeded by
William SheltonPolitical offices Preceded by
Antony HeadMinister of Defence
1957–1959Succeeded by
Harold WatkinsonPreceded by
New creationMinister of Aviation
1959-1960Succeeded by
Peter ThorneycroftPreceded by
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Anthony GreenwoodUnited Kingdom Ministers for Defence Winston Churchill · Clement Attlee · · · Winston Churchill · The Earl Alexander of Tunis · Harold Macmillan · · · Anthony Head · Duncan Sandys · Harold Watkinson ·Prime Minister
Chancellor of the Exchequer Foreign Secretary Welsh Secretary Minister for Coordination of Transport, Fuel and Power Minister of Education Ministry of Housing and Local Government Minister of Materials Persondata Name Sandys, Duncan Alternative names Short description Date of birth 24 January 1908 Place of birth Date of death 26 November 1987 Place of death Categories:- 1908 births
- 1987 deaths
- British Secretaries of State
- British Secretaries of State for Commonwealth Affairs
- Secretaries of State for the Colonies (UK)
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Conservative Party (UK) life peers
- Royal Artillery officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Old West Downs
- Old Etonians
- Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
- Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour
- UK MPs 1935–1945
- UK MPs 1950–1951
- UK MPs 1951–1955
- UK MPs 1955–1959
- UK MPs 1959–1964
- UK MPs 1964–1966
- UK MPs 1966–1970
- UK MPs 1970–1974
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