Robert Hildyard (judge) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Mr Justice Hildyard
Office:Justice of the High Court
Term Start:3 October 2011
Appointer:Elizabeth II
Birthname:Robert Henry Thoroton Hildyard
Birth Date:10 October 1952
Nationality:British
Spouse:
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

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, living at their country house Flintham Hall, Nottinghamshire.[3] He is a member of the Garrick Club.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-07-10 . Mr Justice Hildyard Courts and Tribunals Judiciary . 2022-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210710224133/https://www.judiciary.uk/publications/mr-justice-hildyard/ . 10 July 2021 .
  2. Web site: Hildyard, Hon. Sir Robert Henry Thoroton, (born 10 Oct. 1952), DL; a Judge of the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, since 2011 . subscription . 2022-09-30 . WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO . 2007 . en . 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U20124. 978-0-19-954088-4 .
  3. Web site: A Fascinating Visit to Flintham Hall with the Attingham Summer School . The Accidental Preservationist . 7 May 2019 . 7 June 2024.
  4. Web site: Page 5807 Issue 53646, 19 April 1994 London Gazette The Gazette . 2022-10-01 . www.thegazette.co.uk.
  5. Web site: Duchy of Cornwall or Duchy of Lancaster The Gazette . 2022-10-01 . www.thegazette.co.uk.
  6. Web site: Crown Office The Gazette . 2022-10-01 . www.thegazette.co.uk.
  7. Web site: Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood Honours and Awards The Gazette . 2022-10-01 . www.thegazette.co.uk.
  8. Web site: Lieutenancy of Nottinghamshire Deputy Lieutenant Commissions The Gazette . 2022-10-01 . www.thegazette.co.uk.
  9. Web site: Nottinghamshire deputy lieutenants . 2022-10-01 . Nottinghamshire county council.