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

Early life

The younger son of

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Captain Alexander Henry Maxwell-Hyslop AM and his wife Cecilia Joan Bayly,''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'', 107th edition, vol. 1, 2003, p. 139 the young Maxwell-Hyslop was educated at

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and

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. His father was an officer in the

who while serving on HMS Devonshire in 1929 was decorated for his courage in averting its loss by explosion. Later in his career he was Captain of HMS Cumberland. In 1925, Alexander Hyslop adopted the additional surname of Maxwell.

Career

Maxwell-Hyslop worked for the aero engine division of

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from 1954 to 1960.Sir Robin Maxwell-Hyslop"
''

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'' obituary, 20 January 2010 He unsuccessfully fought the

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constituency for the Conservatives at the 1959 general election. In 1960,

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, member of parliament for Tiverton, was elevated to the peerage, and Maxwell-Hyslop was elected as his successor at the resulting by-election. He held the seat until he retired at the 1992 general election, to be succeeded by

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. He was knighted in the

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. 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.) He was also the last Conservative member to ask

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a question at

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Personal life

In 1968, he married Joanna Margaret, daughter of Thomas McCosh, of Pitcon,

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; they had two daughters. Maxwell-Hyslop's sister Anthea Peronelle Maxwell-Hyslop is the mother of the fashion designer Serena Bute. Peter Townend, ed., ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry'', vol. 1 (London: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1965), p. 407

References

Sources

*''The Times Guide to the House of Commons'',

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, 1966, 1987 & 1992 *

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