Robert Hildyard (judge)
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Mr Justice Hildyard
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| Justice of the High Court | |
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Assumed office 3 October 2011 |
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| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Robert Henry Thoroton Hildyard
10 October 1952 |
| 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.
Personal life and education
He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. 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. He is a member of the Garrick Club.
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, 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. He has been a judge of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) since 2011. He received his customary Knighthood in 2012 from the then monarch Queen Elizabeth II in St James's Palace.
He was made a deputy lieutenant for Nottinghamshire in 2014.