Duncan Sandys

The Right Honourable The Lord Duncan-Sandys CH PC
Sandys in 1975
Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office 13 July 1962 – 16 October 1964
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded by	Reginald Maudling
Succeeded by	Anthony Greenwood
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
In office 27 July 1960 – 16 October 1964
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded by	The Earl of Home
Succeeded by	Arthur Bottomley
Minister of Aviation
In office 14 October 1959 – 27 July 1960
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Office Created
Succeeded by	Peter Thorneycroft
Minister of Defence
In office 14 January 1957 – 14 October 1959
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Antony Head
Succeeded by	Harold Watkinson
Minister of Housing and Local Government
In office 19 October 1954 – 4 January 1957
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill Sir Anthony Eden
Preceded by	Harold Macmillan
Succeeded by	Henry Brooke
Minister of Supply
In office 31 October 1951 – 19 October 1954
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	George Strauss
Succeeded by	Selwyn Lloyd
Shadow Cabinet positions Shadow Secretary of State for the Colonies In office 16 October 1964 – 13 April 1966 Leader Sir Alec Douglas-Home Edward Heath Shadowing Anthony Greenwood The Earl of Longford Frederick Lee
Member of Parliament for Streatham
In office 23 February 1950 – 8 February 1974
Preceded by	Sir David Robertson
Succeeded by	William Shelton
Member of Parliament for Norwood
In office 14 March 1935 – 15 June 1945
Preceded by	Sir Walter Greaves-Lord
Succeeded by	Ronald Chamberlain
Personal details
Born	Edwin Duncan Sandys (1908-01-24)24 January 1908 Sandford Orcas, Dorset, England
Died	26 November 1987(1987-11-26) (aged 79) London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouses	Diana Churchill ​ ​ (m. 1935; div. 1960)​ Marie-Claire Schmitt ​ ​ (m. 1962)​
Relations	Winston Churchill (father-in-law) Frederick Hamilton Lister (step-father)
Children	4, including Edwina and Laura
Parent	George John Sandys (father)
Alma mater	Eton College Magdalen College, Oxford
Profession	Diplomat
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1937–1946
Rank	Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit	Royal Artillery
Battles/wars	Norwegian Campaign

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.