Charles Ian Hippisley-Cox is the son of Denis Hippisley-Cox and Anne Elizabeth Greenhough.

Charles was born in 1959 (date suppressed) in 102 Knightlow Road, Harborne, Birmingham.

Charles married Tracey Elizabeth Turnley on Sunday 17 July 1983 in Christ Church, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire.

He had the following children from his marriage to Tracey Elizabeth Turnley:

- Elizabeth Hippisley-Cox	born in 1987 (date suppressed) in Sheffield, Yorkshire.
- Edward John Hippisley-Cox	born in 1990 (date suppressed) in Sheffield, Yorkshire.
- Catherine May Hippisley-Cox	born in 1992 (date suppressed) in Sheffield, Yorkshire.
- Isabel Hippisley-Cox	born in 1995 (date suppressed) in Bournemouth, Dorset.

Charles is an University Lecturer.