Lancelot Joynson-Hicks, 3rd Viscount Brentford

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Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks, 3rd Viscount Brentford (10 April 1902 – 25 February 1983), known as Sir Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Baronet from 1956 to 1958, was a British Conservative politician.

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.

Joynson-Hicks sat as a Member of Parliament for Chichester from 1942 to 1958 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 Cecil Joynson-Hicks, 2nd Viscount Brentford, in 1958, he succeeded as third Viscount Brentford. Because he was now a peer, he vacated his seat in the House of Commons.

Lord Brentford married Phyllis Allfey, daughter of Herbert Cyril Allfey, in 1931. They had one son. He died in February 1983, aged 80, and was succeeded in his titles by his only child Crispin William Joynson-Hicks.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Sewell Courtauld	Member of Parliament for Chichester 1942–1958	Succeeded by Walter Loveys
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Richard Joynson-Hicks	Viscount Brentford 1958–1983	Succeeded by Crispin William Joynson-Hicks
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New creation	Baronet (of Newick)	Succeeded by Crispin William Joynson-Hicks