Baron Truro, of Bowes in the County of Middlesex, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created on 15 July 1850 for Sir Thomas Wilde, the former Solicitor General

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, Attorney General

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 and Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

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. He became Lord Chancellor

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 the same year. The title became extinct on the death of his grandson, the third Baron, on 8 March 1899. He was the son of Hon. Thomas Montague Carrington Wilde, youngest son of the first Baron, and had succeeded his uncle in the title in 1891.

James Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance

James Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance

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, was the nephew of the first Baron Truro.

Barons Truro (1850)

• Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro (1782–1855)
• Charles Robert Claude Wilde, 2nd Baron Truro (1816–1891)

Second son of the first baron. Born heir as his elder brother had died in infancy before his birth. Married Lucy Ray, but died without issue.

• Thomas Montague Morrison Wilde, 3rd Baron Truro (1856–1899)

Nephew of the second baron, acceded to the barony as his uncle had died without issue. Married Alice Maunsell, but died without issue. The barony became extinct upon his death.