Charles Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Hindlip
Office:Member of the House of Lords
Status:Lord Temporal
Term Label:as a hereditary peer
Term Start:19 December 1993
Predecessor:The 5th Baron Hindlip
Term End:11 November 1999
Successor:Seat abolished
Party:Conservative Party
Birth Name:Charles Henry Allsop
Birth Date:5 August 1940
Death Place:Dorset, England
Occupation:Businessman, peer

Charles Henry Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip (5 August 1940 – 5 June 2024), was a British hereditary peer and businessman, a member of the House of Lords from 1993 until 1999.

His main career was in Christie's, the fine arts auction house, of which he was General Manager of Christie's New York and later Chairman of Christie, Manson & Woods and finally of Christie's International.[1]

Biography

The elder son of the fifth Baron Hindlip by his marriage to Cecily Valentine Jane Borwick, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm Borwick, Hindlip was born at Haselbech Hall in Northamptonshire.[2] He was educated at Eton College. Hindlip served in the Coldstream Guards from 1959 until 1962, when he joined Christie's. Only three years later he was appointed General Manager of Christie's New York, where he remained until 1970. Returning to London, he was a director of Christie, Manson & Woods from 1970, Deputy Chairman from 1985 and Chairman from 1986 to 1996, when he took over as Chairman of Christie's International, in which post he stayed until 2002. From 2003 to 2004 he was Deputy Chairman of Agnew's.[1]

Hindlip succeeded his father as the 6th Baron Hindlip in 1993, becoming a member of the House of Lords.[3] His last speech there, on 10 February 1999, was on the subject of droit de suite.[4]

From 1989 to 2000, he was a Trustee of the Chatham Historic Dockyard, and was a member of White's and Pratt's.[1]

Hindlip died at his home in Dorset on 5 June 2024, at the age of 83.[2] [5]

Marriage and children

Hindlip married Fiona Victoria Jean Atherley (1947–2014), a daughter of Hon. William Johnston McGowan, second son of Harry McGowan, 1st Baron McGowan, on 18 April 1968. They lived at Lydden House, King's Stag, near Hazelbury Bryan, Dorset. They had four children together:

Honours

Notes and References

  1. 'Hindlip, 6th Baron (born 5 Aug. 1940)' in Who's Who 2014 (London, A. & C. Black).
  2. News: Lord Hindlip obituary: Christie’s chairman who sold Van Gogh’s Sunflowers for £24 million . 7 June 2024 . The Times . 7 June 2024.
  3. Charles Mosley, ed., Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (107th edition, 2003), vol. 2, p. 1922.
  4. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1999/feb/10/the-arts#S5LV0597P0_19990210_HOL_106 Lords debates, 10 February 1999
  5. News: Charles Henry Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip . 15 June 2024 . The Times . 15 June 2024.
  6. Web site: Mr R. Fletcher and The Hon Sofie Allsopp - Engagements Announcements - Telegraph Announcements . 2022-10-11 . announcements.telegraph.co.uk.
  7. Web site: Capt W. Morley and the Hon Natasha Allsopp - Engagements Announcements - Telegraph Announcements . 2022-10-11 . announcements.telegraph.co.uk.