Lancelot Joynson-Hicks, 3rd Viscount Brentford

The Viscount Brentford
The Right Honourable; The Viscount Brentford
Member of Parliament ; for Chichester
	In office; 25 May 1942 – 27 Jun 1958
Preceded by	John Courtauld
Succeeded by	Walter Loveys
Personal details
Born	Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks; 10 April 1902
Died	25 February 1983 (aged 80)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Sandroyd School; Winchester College; Trinity College, Oxford
Profession	Politician; Soldier
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	Royal Naval Reserve
Rank	Lieutenant-commander
Battles/wars	Second World War

Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks, 3rd Viscount Brentford (10 April 1902 – 25 February 1983), known as Sir Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks, Bt from 1956 to 1958, was a British Conservative politician.

Background and education

Joynson-Hicks was the second son of former Home Secretary William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford and Grace Lynn Joynson. He was educated at Sandroyd School then Winchester College and Trinity College, Oxford.

Political career

Joynson-Hicks later became a solicitor and a farmer. He served in the Second World War as a lieutenant-commander in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. He sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester from 1942 to 1958[1] and served under Winston Churchill as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Fuel and Power from 1951 to 1955. In 1956 he was created a Baronet, of Newick in the County of Sussex. On the death of his older brother, Richard Joynson-Hicks, 2nd Viscount Brentford, in 1958, he succeeded as Viscount Brentford. As a peer he was disqualified from sitting in the House of Commons, and a by-election was triggered.

Lord Brentford was also Chairman of the Automobile Association and served as a member of the House of Laity in the National Assembly of the Church of England.

Family

Lord Brentford married Phyllis Allfey (d. 1979), daughter of Herbert Cyril Allfey, in 1931. They had one son. He died in 1983, aged 80, and was succeeded in his titles by his only child Crispin.

Arms

Coat of arms of Lancelot Joynson-Hicks, 3rd Viscount Brentford
Crest A stag’s head Proper gorged with a collar Or thereon five roses Gules and charged in the neck with a fleur-de-lis Gold. Escutcheon Gules on a fess wavy between three fleurs-de-lis Or a portcullis Sable all within a bordure of the second. Supporters On either side a stag Proper gorged with a collar Or thereon five roses Gules and charged on the neck with a fleur-de-lis Gold. Motto Cassis Tutissima Virtus [2]

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
Burke's Peerage. 1939.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Brentford

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Sewell Courtauld	Member of Parliament for Chichester 1942 – 1958	Succeeded by Walter Loveys
Political offices
Preceded by Harold Neal	Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Fuel and Power 1951–1955	Succeeded by David Renton
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Newick) 1956–1983	Succeeded by Crispin William Joynson-Hicks
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Richard Joynson-Hicks	Viscount Brentford 1958–1983	Succeeded by Crispin William Joynson-Hicks

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[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)

[2] Burke's Peerage. 1939.