Thomas Wilde
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The Right Honourable The Lord Truro PC QS |
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| Lord Chancellor | |
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In office 15 July 1850 – 21 February 1852 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Lord John Russell |
| Preceded by | The Lord Cottenham |
| Succeeded by | The Lord St Leonards |
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7 July 1782 Castle Street, London |
| Died | 11 November 1858 (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 QS (7 July 1782 – 11 November 1855), was a British lawyer, judge and politician. He was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain between 1850 and 1852.
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.
Wilde 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. In 1824 he was made Serjeant-at-Law, and in 1827 King's Serjeant.
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, 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. He held this latter office until the fall of the Russell ministry in 1852.
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