Robert Hildyard (judge)

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Isabella Jane Rennie
(m. 1980;div. 2010)

Lucy Gibson
Mr Justice Hildyard
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Justice of the High Court
Assumed office
3 October 2011
Children4
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]

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

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, [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]

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References

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