Charles Henry Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip (born 5 August 1940), is a

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and businessman, a member of the

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from 1993 until 1999. His main career was in

Christie's Christie's is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie (auctioneer), James Christie. Its main premises are on King Street, St James's in London, at Rockefeller Center in New York City and at Alexandra House in Hong Kong. It is ...

, the fine arts auction house, in which he was General Manager of Christie's New York and later Chairman of Christie, Manson & Woods and finally of Christie's International.'Hindlip, 6th Baron (born 5 Aug. 1940)' in '' Who's Who 2014'' (London, A. & C. Black)

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 educated at

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. He served in the

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from 1959 until 1962, when he joined Christie's. Only three years later he was appointed as 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 Thomas Agnew & Sons is a fine arts dealer in London that began life as part of in a print and publishing partnership with Vittore Zanetti in Manchester in 1817 which ended in 1835, when Agnew took full control of the company. The firm opened its Lo ...

. Hindlip succeeded his father as the 6th Baron Hindlip in 1993, becoming a member of the

.Charles Mosley, ed., ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'' (107th edition, 2003), vol. 2, p. 1922. His last speech there, on 10 February 1999, was on the subject of ''

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''. He was a Trustee of the

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between 1989 and 2000 and is a member of

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and

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Marriage and children

Hindlip married Fiona Victoria Jean Atherley (1947–2014), a daughter of

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William Johnston McGowan, second son of Harry McGowan, 1st Baron McGowan, on 18 April 1968. They lived at Lydden House, Kings Stag, near Hazelbury Bryan,

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. They had four children together: *

Kirstie Mary Allsopp (born 31 August 1971) * Hon. Henry William Allsopp (born 8 June 1973),

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to the peerage. * Hon. Sophia Atherley Allsopp (born 1980) * Hon. Natasha Fiona Allsopp (born 1986)

Honours

*1998:

Chevalier of the Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon B ...

(France)

Coat of arms

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hindlip, Charles Allsopp, 6th Baron 1940 births Living people Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Christie's people Coldstream Guards officers People educated at Eton College Place of birth missing (living people) Hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999