Thomas Wilde, 3rd Baron Truro

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

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| country = England

| fullname = Thomas Montague Morrison Wilde

| birth_date = 11 March 1856

| birth_place = Manchester, Lancashire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1899|3|8|1856|3|11}}

| death_place = Menton, Provence, France

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

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| club1 = Marylebone Cricket Club

| year1 = 1881–1883

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 117

| bat avg1 = 23.40

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 37

| deliveries1 = 24

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

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| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| date = 14 September

| year = 2020

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/22980.html Cricinfo

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

The son of Thomas Montague Carrington Wilde, he was born in Manchester in March 1856. He was educated at Harrow School,{{cite book |title=The Harrow School Register, 1800–1911 |first1=P. K. |last1=Stephenson |first2=M. G. |last2=Dauglish |date=1907 |publisher=Longmans, Green and Co. |page=443 |url=https://archive.org/stream/harrowschoolregi00harruoft/harrowschoolregi00harruoft_djvu.txt |language=en}} before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge.{{cite book |last1=Venn |first1=John |title=Alumni Cantabrigienses |date=1900 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=467 |volume=6 |url=https://archive.org/details/p2alumnicantabri06univuoft/page/466/mode/2up |language=en}} 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.{{cite book |title=Men-at-the-bar |first=Joseph |last=Foster |date=1885 |publisher=Reeves and Turner |pages=505 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FWkNAAAAIAAJ |language=en}} He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club from 1881–83, making four appearances.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33862/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Montague Wilde |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-09-14 |url-access=subscription}} Wilde scored 117 runs in his four matches, with a high score of 37.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33862/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Montague Wilde |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-09-14 |url-access=subscription}}

He succeeded his uncle, Sir Charles Wilde, as the 3rd Baron Truro upon his death in March 1891.{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p16486.htm#i164854 |title=Thomas Montague Morrison Wilde, 3rd Baron Truro of Bowes |publisher=www.thepeerage.com |accessdate=2020-09-14}} The barony became extinct upon Wilde's death at Menton in France in March 1899.Extinction of the Truro Peerage. Royal Cornwall Gazette. 30 March 1899. p. 2