SANDYS, Duncan Edwin [1908-1987] -- British peer, government official

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a/k/a

Duncan-Sandys, Lord (1974),

As Defence Minister in the Macmillan government in 1957 he practically ruined the British aircraft industry by proclaiming that the day of manned aircraft had passed and that rocketry was the way of the future. All aircraft research and development was cancelled.

Chronology

1957	White Paper (a report outlining Government policy) cancelled all manned combat aircraft projects in the pipeline
1957-1959	Defence Minister
1959-1960	Aviation Minister
1960-1962	Commonwealth Secretary
1962-1964	Commonwealth and Colonies Secretary

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Works by Duncan+Sandys
- Analyses, critiques and interpretations
- Quotations
- For sale
  - BookFinder.com Books by or about Duncan+Sandys
Works about
- Biographical
  - Specific periods, events, aspects. Trivia.
    - Duncan Sandys
    - Dr Donald Stevens: The Collapse of the Britsh Aviation Industry
    - Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | 'Headless men' in sex scandal finally named His supposed connection with the 1963 Duchess of Argyll divorce scandal as the "headless man" in a salacious Polaroid snapshot.
    - The Move to the Sandys White Paper of 1957 (PDF viewer required)
  - Chronologies, synopses, encyclopedias
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  - Specific periods, events, aspects
- Genealogy
  - I9050: Rt. Hon. Duncan Sandys ( - )
- Memorials, tributes, shrines
  - Suites
- Bibliographies and Link Farms
  - Open Directory The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human- edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.
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- Discussion, interviews
Collections, archives - Papers
- Historical Manuscripts Commission | National Register of Archives | Search the NRA
- Duncan-Sandys, Duncan Edwin The Collected Interwar Papers and Correspondence of Roy Harrod.
- Majid's Pages - Suvadives Statements, society and culture Press Release issued in Addu Atoll by the Honourable Mr Duncan Sandys, M.P., Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, 1963.
Historical context, background
- Places (residences, etc)
- Duncan Sandys I'm not sure exactly what this is, but it looks interesting.
- Real History , Liars, and the coming of war David Irving is refused access to Duncan Sandys by his estate.
Gallery
- The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). As a character.
- Google Images Search
- Duncan Edwin Duncan-Sandys, 1st Baron Duncan-Sandys (1908-1987), Politician National Portrait Gallery

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SANDYS, Duncan Edwin [1908-1987] -- British peer, government official

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