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. 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. His last speech there, on 10 February 1999, was on the subject of
droit de suite. From 1989 to 2000, he was a Trustee of the
Chatham Historic Dockyard, and was a member of
White's and
Pratt's. ==Marriage and children==