William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford

The Right Honourable The Viscount Brentford Bt PC PC (NI) DL
Home Secretary
In office 7 November 1924 – 5 June 1929
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Arthur Henderson
Succeeded by	J. R. Clynes
Minister of Health
In office 27 August 1923 – 22 January 1924
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Neville Chamberlain
Succeeded by	John Wheatley
Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Office in Cabinet)
In office 25 May 1923 – 27 August 1923
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Archibald Boyd-Carpenter
Succeeded by	Walter Guinness (from 5 October 1923)
Personal details
Born	William Hicks (1865-06-23)23 June 1865 Plaistow Hall, Kent
Died	8 June 1932(1932-06-08) (aged 66) London
Nationality	English
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Grace Lynn Joynson (d. 1952)

William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford, PC, PC (NI), DL (23 June 1865 – 8 June 1932), known as Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt, from 1919 to 1929 and popularly known as Jix, was an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician.

He first attracted attention in 1908 when he defeated Winston Churchill, a Liberal Cabinet Minister at the time, in a by-election for the seat of North-West Manchester but is best known as a long-serving and controversial Home Secretary in Stanley Baldwin's Second Government from 1924 to 1929. He gained a reputation for pious authoritarianism, opposing Communism and clamping down on nightclubs and what he saw as indecent literature. He also played an important role in the fight against the introduction of the Church of England Revised Prayer Book, and in lowering the voting age for women from 30 to 21.