Robin Maxwell-Hyslop

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

Early life The younger son of Royal Navy Captain Alexander Henry Maxwell-Hyslop AM and his wife Cecilia Joan Bayly, the young Maxwell-Hyslop was educated at Stowe School and Christ Church, Oxford.

He unsuccessfully fought the Derby North constituency for the Conservatives at the 1959 general election. In 1960, Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 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 Angela Browning. He was knighted in the 1992 New Year Honours. they had two daughters.