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Mr Justice Hildyard
Justice of the High Court

Incumbent

Assumed office
3 October 2011
Appointed byElizabeth II
Personal details
Born

Robert Henry Thoroton Hildyard


(1952-10-10) 10 October 1952 (age 71)
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)

Isabella Jane Rennie

(m. 1980; div. 2010)
Lucy Gibson
Children4
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
OccupationHigh Court Judge
ProfessionLaw

Sir Robert Henry Thoroton Hildyard, styled Mr Justice Hildyard (born 10 October 1952), is a British High Court Judge.[1]

Personal life and education[edit]

Hildyard was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.[2] In 1980 he married Isabella Jane Rennie, with whom he had three daughters. They divorced and he later married Lucy Gibson and had another daughter,[2] living at their country house Flintham Hall, Nottinghamshire.[3] He is a member of the Garrick Club.[2]

Hildyard is the brother-in-law of Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, who served as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.

Career[edit]

Hildyard was called to the Bar at Inner Temple in 1977 and joined Lincoln's Inn in 1994. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1994,[4] deputy judge of the High Court from 2002 to 2011, bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 2005 and was attorney-general to the Duchy of Lancaster from 2008 to 2011.[5] He has been a judge of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) since 2011.[6] He received his customary knighthood in 2012 from the then monarch Queen Elizabeth IIinSt James's Palace.[7]

He was made a deputy lieutenant for Nottinghamshire in 2014.[8][9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mr Justice Hildyard | Courts and Tribunals Judiciary". 10 July 2021. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  • ^ a b c "Hildyard, Hon. Sir Robert Henry Thoroton, (born 10 Oct. 1952), DL; a Judge of the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, since 2011". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U20124. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  • ^ "A Fascinating Visit to Flintham Hall with the Attingham Summer School". The Accidental Preservationist. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  • ^ "Page 5807 | Issue 53646, 19 April 1994 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  • ^ "Duchy of Cornwall or Duchy of Lancaster | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  • ^ "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  • ^ "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood | Honours and Awards | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  • ^ "Lieutenancy of Nottinghamshire | Deputy Lieutenant Commissions | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  • ^ "Nottinghamshire deputy lieutenants". Nottinghamshire county council. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
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