Sir Robert John "Robin" Maxwell-Hyslop[1] (6 June 1931 – 13 January 2010) was a British Conservative Party politician.

The younger son of Royal Navy Captain Alexander Henry Maxwell-Hyslop (who adopted the additional name of Maxwell in 1925),[2] AM, who served aboard HMS Devonshire and was recognised for his bravery in averting its loss by explosion in 1929, and was subsequently Captain of HMS Cumberland,[3] and his wife Cecilia Joan (née Bayly),[4] Maxwell-Hyslop was educated at Stowe School and Christ Church, Oxford. He worked for the aero engine division of Rolls-Royce from 1954 to 1960.[5]

He contested the Derby North constituency at the 1959 general election. When the MP for Tiverton, Derick Heathcoat-Amory, was elevated to the peerage in 1960, Maxwell-Hyslop was elected as his successor at the resulting by-election, and retained the seat until he retired at the 1992 general election. His successor was Angela Browning.

Maxwell-Hyslop was the longest-serving member ever of the Commons Select Committee on Trade and Industry, from 1971 to 1992. (The select committee structure was altered in 1979, with Maxwell-Hyslop continuing to serve on the committee in its new form.)[6] He was also the last Conservative MP to ask Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher a question at PMQ's.

He was knighted in the 1992 New Year Honours. In 1968, he had married Joanna Margaret, daughter of Thomas McCosh, of Pitcon, Dalry, North Ayrshire;[7] they had two daughters.[8]

Maxwell-Hyslop's sister Anthea Peronelle Maxwell-Hyslop is the mother of the fashion designer Serena Bute.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, 2003, p. 139
  2. ↑ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, 2003, p. 139
  3. ↑ Independent obituary, 20 January 2010
  4. ↑ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, 2003, p. 139
  5. ↑ Independent obituary, 20 January 2010
  6. ↑ Independent obituary, 20 January 2010
  7. ↑ Dod's Parliamentary Companion 1990, Charles Roger Dod, Robert Phipps Dod, 1990, p. 513
  8. ↑ Independent obituary, 20 January 2010
  9. ↑ Peter Townend, ed., Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, vol. 1 (London: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1965), p. 407

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