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Thomas Wilde, 3rd Baron Truro

Thomas Wilde, 3rd Baron Truro

English cricketer

Sir Thomas Montague Morrison Wilde, 3rd Baron Truro (11 March 1856 – 8 March 1899) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

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The son of Thomas Montague Carrington Wilde, he was born at Manchester in March 1856. He was educated at Harrow School,[1] before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] A student of the Inner Temple, he graduated from Cambridge with a Bachelor of Laws in 1878 and was called to the bar to practice as a barrister in July of the same year.[3] He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club from 1881–83, making four appearances.[4] Wilde scored 117 runs in his four matches, with a high score of 37.[5]

He succeeded his uncle, Sir Charles Wilde, as the 3rd Baron Truro upon his death in March 1891.[6] The barony became extinct upon Wilde's death at Menton in France in March 1899.[7]

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    Stephenson, P. K.; Dauglish, M. G. (1907). The Harrow School Register, 1800–1911. Longmans, Green and Co. p. 443.
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    Venn, John (1900). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 6. Cambridge University Press. p. 467.
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    Foster, Joseph (1885). Men-at-the-bar. Reeves and Turner. p. 505.
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    "First-Class Matches played by Montague Wilde". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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    "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Montague Wilde". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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    "Thomas Montague Morrison Wilde, 3rd Baron Truro of Bowes". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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    Extinction of the Truro Peerage. Royal Cornwall Gazette. 30 March 1899. p. 2
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