About Robert Hildyard
Born 1952. Robert Hildyard is a British judge and high Court judge (England and Wales).
Sir Robert Henry Thoroton Hildyard, styled Mr Justice Hildyard (born 10 October 1952), is a British High Court Judge.
Personal life and education Hildyard was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. 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, He is a member of the Garrick Club. 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 Queen Elizabeth II in St James's Palace.
He was made a deputy lieutenant for Nottinghamshire in 2014.
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Who is Robert Hildyard?
British judge
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Robert Hildyard was born on 10 October 1952.
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Robert Hildyard is a judge and high Court judge (England and Wales).
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Robert Hildyard is British.
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