Hon. Robert Hildyard

The Honourable
Mr Justice Hildyard
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Justice of the High Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 October 2011
Appointed by Elizabeth II
Personal details
Born Robert Henry Thoroton Hildyard
10 October 1952 (age 70)
Nationality British
Spouse(s) Isabella Jane Rennie
(m. 1980; div. 2010)
Lucy Gibson
Children 4
Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford
Occupation High Court Judge
Profession Law
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]
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 woman named Lucy Gibson and had another daughter.[2] He is a member of the Garrick Club.[2]
Career[edit]
He 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,[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[edit]
^ "Mr Justice Hildyard | Courts and Tribunals Judiciary". 10 July 2021. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
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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.
^ "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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