Lancelot Joynson-Hicks, 3rd Viscount Brentford

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Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks, 3rd Viscount Brentford (10 April 1902 – 25 February 1983) was a Conservative politician and member of Parliament for Chichester from 1942 to 1958.

Joynson-Hicks was the second son of former Home Secretary William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford and Grace Lynn Joynson. He was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Oxford, later becoming a solicitor and a farmer. He served in World War II as a lieutenant-commander in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve.

From 1951 to 1955 he was a government minister in the Ministry of Fuel and Power. Upon the death of his older brother, Richard Cecil Joynson-Hicks, 2nd Viscount Brentford, in 1958 he became 3rd Viscount Brentford, and also inherited the Baronetcy. Because he was now a Lord, he vacated his seat in the House of Commons.

Upon his death in 1983, he was succeeded as Viscount Brentford by his only child, Crispin William Joynson-Hicks, 4th Viscount Brentford.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Sewell Courtauld	Member of Parliament for Chichester 1942–1958	Succeeded by Walter Harris Loveys
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Richard Joynson-Hicks	Viscount Brentford 1958–1983	Succeeded by Crispin Joynson-Hicks