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 AM and his wife Cecilia Joan Bayly,[2] the young Maxwell-Hyslop was educated at Stowe School and Christ Church, Oxford.
[3] His father was an officer in the Royal Navy who while serving on HMS Devonshire in 1929 was decorated for his courage in averting its loss by explosion.
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.
[3] Maxwell-Hyslop was the longest-serving member ever of the Commons Select Committee on Trade and Industry, from 1971 to 1992.