Robert Hildyard (judge)

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Mr Justice Hildyard
Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (St Edward's Crown).svg
High Court Judge
Chancery Division
Assumed office
2011
MonarchCharles III
Personal details
Born (1952-10-10) 10 October 1952 (age 71)
NationalityBritish
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
OccupationHigh Court Judge
ProfessionLaw

Sir Robert Henry Thoroton Hildyard, Kt, styled Mr Justice Hildyard, is a British High Court Judge.[1]

Personal life and education

He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.[2]

Hildyard married Isabella Jane Rennie in 1980, with whom he had three daughters with, they divorced in 2010. He later remarried a Lucy Gibson and had another daughter.[2]

He is a member of the Garrick Club.[2]

Career

He was called to the Bar at Inner Temple in 1977 and joined Lincoln's Inn in 1994. He was appointed a King's Counsel in 1994,[3] 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.[4] He has been a judge of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) since 2011.[5] He received his customary Knighthood in 2012 from the then monarch Queen Elizabeth II in St James's Palace.[6]

He was made a deputy lieutenant for Nottinghamshire in 2014.[7][8]

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. ^ "Page 5807 | Issue 53646, 19 April 1994 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Duchy of Cornwall or Duchy of Lancaster | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood | Honours and Awards | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Lieutenancy of Nottinghamshire | Deputy Lieutenant Commissions | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Nottinghamshire deputy lieutenants". Nottinghamshire county council. Retrieved 1 October 2022.