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Sir William Wilde, 1st Baronet

1611 – 1679

English judge and politician

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Lived 1611 – 1679 (aged 67–68). Sir William Wilde, 1st Baronet was an English judge and politician.

Sir William Wilde, 1st Baronet (c. 1611 – 23 November 1679) was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.

Wilde was the eldest son of William Wilde, vintner of Bread Street, London. He was a student of Clifford's Inn and of Inner Temple in 1630. In 1637 he was called to the bar. On 27 Mar 1660 he was elected Member of Parliament for the City of London in the Convention Parliament.

On 13 Sep 1660, Wilde was created a baronet. He was appointed King's Serjeant on 10 November 1661. He was made one of the judges of the court of common pleas in 1668 and advanced to become a justice of the King's Bench on 21 January 1672. He was described as a "grave and venerable judge" and was deprived of his office a few months before his death because he disbelieved the evidence of Bedlow in the "Popish Plot".

Wilde was succeeded by his son Sir Felix Wilde, 2nd Baronet.

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Born
1611
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Positions held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the April 1660 Parliament
Also known as
William Wilde, Sir William Wilde, 1st Bt.

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Who was Sir William Wilde, 1st Baronet?

English judge and politician

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Sir William Wilde, 1st Baronet was born in 1611.

When did Sir William Wilde, 1st Baronet die?

Sir William Wilde, 1st Baronet died on 23 November 1679.

What was Sir William Wilde, 1st Baronet's occupation?

Sir William Wilde, 1st Baronet was a judge and politician.

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Sir William Wilde, 1st Baronet was English.

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· Wikipedia: Sir William Wilde, 1st Baronet

· Wikidata: Q7529820

· DBpedia: Sir William Wilde, 1st Baronet

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