Kirstie Allsopp pays tribute to auctioneer father as ‘best of his generation’

Charles Henry Allsopp, the sixth Baron Hindlip, died on Wednesday.

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Kirstie Allsopp has paid tribute to her father, who she said was the “best of his generation”.

Former Christie’s auction house chairman and  businessman Charles Henry Allsopp, the sixth Baron Hindlip, died on Wednesday, the Location, Location, Location presenter announced late on Thursday evening.

On Instagram, Allsopp, 52, shared a picture of the late peer, and wrote: “This is my Dad, Charlie Hindlip, he was a great auctioneer, the best of his generation, an artist, a gardener, a father of four, and grandfather of eight, a loving husband to a wife he lost too soon.