Editing Duncan Sandys (section)

{{Short description|British politician (1908–1987)}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name                = The Lord Duncan-Sandys
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CH|PC}}
| image               = Duncan Sandys 1975.png
| caption             = Sandys in 1975
| office              = [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]]
| term_start          = 13 July 1962
| term_end            = 16 October 1964
| primeminister       = [[Harold Macmillan]]<br />[[Sir Alec Douglas-Home]]
| predecessor         = [[Reginald Maudling]]
| successor           = [[Anthony Greenwood]]
| office1             = [[Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations]]
| term_start1         = 27 July 1960
| term_end1           = 16 October 1964
| primeminister1      = [[Harold Macmillan]]<br />[[Sir Alec Douglas-Home]]
| predecessor1        = [[Alec Douglas-Home|The Earl of Home]]
| successor1          = [[Arthur Bottomley]]
| office2             = [[Ministry of Aviation#Ministers of Aviation|Minister of Aviation]]
| term_start2         = 14 October 1959
| term_end2           = 27 July 1960
| primeminister2      = [[Harold Macmillan]]
| predecessor2        = ''Office Created''
| successor2          = [[Peter Thorneycroft]]
| office3             = [[Minister of Defence (United Kingdom)|Minister of Defence]]
| term_start3         = 14 January 1957
| term_end3           = 14 October 1959
| primeminister3      = [[Harold Macmillan]]
| predecessor3        = [[Antony Head]]
| successor3          = [[Harold Watkinson]]
| office4             = [[Minister of Housing and Local Government]]
| term_start4         = 19 October 1954
| term_end4           = 4 January 1957
| primeminister4      = [[Winston Churchill]]<br />[[Sir Anthony Eden]]
| predecessor4        = [[Harold Macmillan]]
| successor4          = [[Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor|Henry Brooke]]
| office5             = [[Minister of Supply]]
| term_start5         = 31 October 1951
| term_end5           = 19 October 1954
| primeminister5      = [[Winston Churchill]]
| predecessor5        = [[George Strauss]]
| successor5          = [[Selwyn Lloyd]]
{{Collapsed infobox section begin|[[Official Opposition frontbench|Shadow Cabinet]] positions}}
| office6             = [[Shadow Secretary of State for the Colonies]]
| leader6             = [[Sir Alec Douglas-Home]]<br />[[Edward Heath]]
| term_start6         = 16 October 1964
| term_end6           = 13 April 1966
| 1blankname6         = Shadowing
| 1namedata6          = [[Anthony Greenwood]]<br>[[Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford|The Earl of Longford]]<br>[[Frederick Lee, Baron Lee of Newton|Frederick Lee]]
{{Collapsed infobox section end}}
| constituency_MP7    = [[Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)|Streatham]]
| term_start7         = 23 February 1950
| term_end7           = 8 February 1974
| predecessor7        = [[David Robertson (UK politician)|Sir David Robertson]]
| successor7          = [[William Shelton (UK politician)|William Shelton]]
| constituency_MP8    = [[Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwood]]
| term_start8         = 14 March 1935
| term_end8           = 15 June 1945
| predecessor8        = [[Walter Greaves-Lord|Sir Walter Greaves-Lord]]
| successor8          = [[Ronald Chamberlain]]
| birth_name          = Edwin Duncan Sandys
| birth_date          = {{birth date|df=yes|1908|1|24}}
| birth_place         = Sandford Orcas, [[Dorset]], England
| death_date          = {{death date and age|df=yes|1987|11|26|1908|1|24}}
| death_place         = London, England
| spouse              = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Diana Churchill]]|1935|1960|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Marie-Claire Schmitt|1962}}
}}
| party               = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| father              = [[George John Sandys]]
| relations           = {{unbulleted list | [[Winston Churchill]] (father-in-law)|[[Thomas Villiers Lister#Personal life|Frederick Hamilton Lister]] (step-father)}}
| children            = 4, including [[Edwina Sandys|Edwina]] and [[Laura Sandys|Laura]]
| residence           = 
| alma_mater          = {{unbulleted list | [[Eton College]] | [[Magdalen College, Oxford]]}}
| occupation          = 
| profession          = Diplomat
| allegiance          = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| branch              = {{army|United Kingdom}}
| serviceyears        = 1937–1946
| rank                = [[Lieutenant-Colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]]
| unit                = [[Royal Artillery]]
| commands            = 
| battles             = [[Norwegian Campaign]]
| awards              = 
| footnotes           = 
}}
'''Duncan Edwin Duncan-Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys'''<ref name="LG-19740507"/> {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CH|PC}} ({{IPAc-en|s|æ|n|d|z}}; 24 January 1908 – 26 November 1987), was a British politician and minister in successive [[Conservative Party (UK)|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]].