James Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance, Date of Birth, Date of Death

James Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance

British judge and rose breeder

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1816

Date of Death: 09-Dec-1899

Profession: judge, literary critic, floriculturist

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

James Plaisted Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance, (12 July 1816 – 9 December 1899) was a noted British judge and rose breeder who was also a proponent of the Baconian theory that the works usually attributed to William Shakespeare were in fact written by Francis Bacon.