Politician. Born Edwin Duncan Sandys at the Manor House, Sandford Orcas, Dorset. He entered parliament in 1935, the same year that he married Diana, the daughter of Winston Churchill. He served in several ministerial positions and introduced the Clean Air Act and green belts. Created a life peer in 1974. Died at 12 Warwick Square, Pimlico.
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Lord Duncan-Sandys
Lord Duncan-Sandys, 1908 - 1987, politician and statesman, lived here, 1946 -...
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On the committee of the Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society in 1919.
Member of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library.
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