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1ST BARON THOMAS WILDE TRURO (1782-1855)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 329 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARON See also:THOMAS See also:WILDE See also:TRURO (1782-1855)  , See also:lord See also:chancellor of See also:England, was See also:born in See also:London on the 7th of See also:July 2 In connexion herewith may be mentioned the singular See also:story told by See also:Montagu (Orn . See also:Diet., Suppl . See also:Art . " See also:Grosbeak, See also:White-winged "), on the authority of the then Lord See also:Stanley, afterwards See also:president of the Zoological Society, of one of these birds, which, having apparently escaped from confinement, formed the See also:habit of attending a poultry-yard . On the occasion of a See also:pack of hounds See also:running through the yard, the See also:trumpeter joined and kept up with them for nearly three See also:miles ! 1782, being the second son of See also:Thomas See also:Wilde, an See also:attorney . He was educated at St See also:Paul's School and was admitted an attorney in 18o5 . He subsequently entered the Inner See also:Temple and was called to the See also:bar in 1817, having practised for two years before as a See also:special pleader . Retained for the See also:defence of See also:Queen See also:Caroline in 182o he distinguished himself by his See also:cross-examination and laid the See also:foundation of an extensive See also:common See also:law practice . He first entered See also:parliament in the Whig See also:interest as member for See also:Newark (1831—1832 and 1835--1841), afterwards representing See also:Worcester (1841—1846) . He was appointed See also:solicitor-See also:general in 1839, and became attorney-general in See also:succession to See also:Sir See also:John (afterwards See also:Baron) See also:Campbell in 1841 . In 1846 he was appointed See also:chief See also:justice of the common pleas, an See also:office he held until 185o, when he became lord chancellor, and was created Baron See also:Truro of Bowes, See also:Middlesex .

He held this latter office until the fall of the See also:

ministry in 1852 . He died in London on the 1th of See also:November 1855 . His son See also:Charles (1816—1891) succeeded as and baron, but on the See also:death of his See also:nephew the 3rd baron in 1899 the See also:title became See also:extinct . Lord Truro was the See also:uncle of See also:JAMES PLAISTED WILDE, BARON See also:PENZANCE (1816—1899), who was appointed a baron of the See also:court of See also:exchequer in 186o, and was See also:judge of the court of See also:probate and See also:divorce from 1863 to 1872 . In 1875 he was appointed See also:dean of the court of See also:arches, retiring in 1899 . He was created a peer in 1869, but died without issue, and the title became extinct .

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