Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro

The Right Honourable
The Lord Truro
PC
Lord Chancellor
In office
15 July 1850  21 February 1852
Monarch Victoria
Prime Minister Lord John Russell
Preceded by The Lord Cottenham
Succeeded by The Lord St Leonards
Personal details
Born 7 July 1782 (1782-07-07)
Castle Street, London
Died 11 November 1858(1858-11-11) (aged 76)
Eaton Square, London
Nationality British
Political party Whig
Spouse(s) (1) Mary Wileman
(d. 1840)
(2) Augusta D'Este
(1801-1866)
Alma mater None

Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro PC (7 July 1782 11 November 1855), was a British lawyer, judge and politician. He was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain between 1850 and 1852.

Background and education

Born in London, Truro was the second son of Thomas Wilde, an attorney and founder of Wilde Sapte, by his wife Mary Anne (née Knight). He was educated at St Paul's School and was admitted an attorney in 1805. He was the younger brother of Sir John Wylde. James Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance, was his nephew.

Legal and political career

Truro subsequently entered the Inner Temple and was called to the bar in 1817, having practised for two years before as a special pleader. Retained for the defence of Queen Caroline in 1820 he distinguished himself by his cross-examination and laid the foundation of an extensive common law practice. He first entered parliament in the Whig interest as member for Newark (1831–1832 and 1835–1841), afterwards representing Worcester (1841–1846). He was appointed Solicitor General in 1839, being knighted in 1840,[1] and became Attorney General in succession to Sir John Campbell in 1841. In 1846 he was appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, an office he held until 1850, when he became Lord Chancellor, and was created Baron Truro, of Bowes in the County of Middlesex.[2] He held this latter office until the fall of the Russell ministry in 1852.[3]

Family

Thomas Wilde's tomb in Ramsgate, Kent

Lord Truro married firstly Mary, widow of William Devaynes 1730–1809 and daughter of William Wileman, in 1813. They had three surviving children. After Mary's death in 1840 he married secondly Mademoiselle D'Este, Augusta Emma D'Este, daughter of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex and a first cousin of Queen Victoria, on 13 August 1845. There were no children from this marriage. Lord Truro died in London in November 1858, aged 76, and was succeeded in the barony by his second but eldest surviving son, Charles. Lady Truro died in May 1866, aged 64.

Thomas Wilde is commemorated by a Blue plaque erected on the front of 2 Kelvin Avenue Bowes Park London N13 which reads: "Site of Bowes Manor THOMAS WILDE 1st BARON TRURO 1782 – 1855 LORD CHANCELLOR 1850 – 1852 LIVED HERE"

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Michael Thomas Sadler
William Handley
Member of Parliament for Newark
18311832
With: William Handley
Succeeded by
William Ewart Gladstone
William Handley
Preceded by
Thomas Davies
Joseph Bailey
Member of Parliament for Worcester
18411847
With: Joseph Bailey
Succeeded by
Sir Denis Le Marchant, Bt
Joseph Bailey
Legal offices
Preceded by
Sir Robert Monsey Rolfe
Solicitor General
18391841
Succeeded by
Sir William Webb Follett
Preceded by
Sir John Campbell
Attorney General
1841
Succeeded by
Sir Frederick Pollock
Preceded by
Sir Frederic Thesiger
Attorney General
1846
Succeeded by
Sir John Jervis
Preceded by
Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
18461850
Succeeded by
Sir John Jervis
Political offices
Preceded by
The Lord Cottenham
Lord Chancellor
18501852
Succeeded by
The Lord St Leonards
Peerage of the United Kingdom
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New Creation
Baron Truro
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Succeeded by
Charles Wilde
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