Editing Duncan Sandys (section)

==Early life==
Sandys, born on 24 January 1908 at the Manor House, [[Sandford Orcas]], Dorset, was the son of [[George John Sandys]], a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Member of Parliament (1910–1918), and Mildred Helen Cameron.<ref>{{cite ODNB |last=Ludlow |first=N. Piers |chapter=Sandys, (Edwin) Duncan, Baron Duncan-Sandys (1908–1987) |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |location=Oxford; New York |year=2004 |isbn=9780198614128|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/39858 }} {{Subscription or libraries}}</ref> Sandys's parents divorced in January 1921 when he was 12 years old.<ref>{{cite news |title=Politician divorced |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1732565 |work=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne, Victoria |date=14 January 1921 |quote=''LONDON, Jan. 13. Mrs. Mildred Helen Sandys, who is a daughter of the late Mr. Duncan Cameron, of Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand, has obtained a decree divorce against her husband, Mr. George John Sandys, who was member of the House of Commons for the Wells division of Somerset from 1910 to 1918 on the ground of the respondent's misconduct. Mr. Sandys served with the Guards in the South African and European wars. He was married in 1905, and has one son.'' |access-date=10 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Former M.P. for Wells Divorced |work=Gloucester Citizen |location= Gloucestershire, England |date=13 January 1921}}</ref> His mother married [[Thomas Villiers Lister#Personal life|Frederick Hamilton Lister]] in October that year, becoming Mildred Helen Lister. He was educated at [[Eton College]] and [[Magdalen College, Oxford]].