Robert Hildyard (judge)

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

The Honourable
Mr Justice Hildyard
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
Justice of the High Court
Assumed office
3 October 2011
Appointed byElizabeth II
Personal details
Born
Robert Henry Thoroton Hildyard

(1952-10-10) 10 October 1952
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

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 woman named 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 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
  1. "Mr Justice Hildyard | Courts and Tribunals Judiciary". 10 July 2021. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  2. "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.
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