Robin Maxwell-Hyslop
Sir Robert John Maxwell-Hyslop was a British Conservative Party politician.
The younger son of Royal Navy Captain Alexander Henry Maxwell-Hyslop, 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, and his wife Cecilia Joan, Maxwell-Hyslop was educated at Stowe School and Christ Church, Oxford. He worked for the aero engine division of Rolls-Royce from 1954–60.
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. He is particularly remembered for an incident, recorded in Hansard, concerning a visit to the Knesset:
Maxwell-Hyslop was the longest-serving member ever of the Commons Select Committee on Trade and Industry, from 1971–92. 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; they had two daughters.
