Robert Hildyard (judge)

The Honourable
Mr Justice Hildyard
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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 72)
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)
Isabella Jane Rennie
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(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

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

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 II in St James's Palace.[7]

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

References

  1. ^ "Mr Justice Hildyard | Courts and Tribunals Judiciary". 10 July 2021. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "A Fascinating Visit to Flintham Hall with the Attingham Summer School". The Accidental Preservationist. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Page 5807 | Issue 53646, 19 April 1994 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Duchy of Cornwall or Duchy of Lancaster | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood | Honours and Awards | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Lieutenancy of Nottinghamshire | Deputy Lieutenant Commissions | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Nottinghamshire deputy lieutenants". Nottinghamshire county council. Retrieved 1 October 2022.


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