Sir Thomas Montague Morrison Wilde, 3rd Baron Truro (11 March 1856 – 8 March 1899) was an

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first-class

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er and barrister. The son of Thomas Montague Carrington Wilde, he was born at

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in March 1856. He was educated at

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, before going up to

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. A student of the

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, he graduated from Cambridge with a

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in 1878 and was

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to practice as a barrister in July of the same year. He played

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for the

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from 1881–83, making four appearances. Wilde scored 117 runs in his four matches, with a high score of 37. He succeeded his uncle, Sir Charles Wilde, as the 3rd

Baron Truro Baron Truro, of Bowes in the County of Middlesex, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 15 July 1850 for Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro, Sir Thomas Wilde, the former Solicitor General for England and Wales, Solicito ...

upon his death in March 1891. The barony became extinct upon Wilde's death at

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in France in March 1899.Extinction of the Truro Peerage. ''

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''. 30 March 1899. p. 2

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Truro, Thomas Wilde, 3rd Baron 1856 births 1899 deaths Lawyers from Manchester People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Inner Temple English cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom 19th-century English lawyers