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Sir '''Terence Etherton''' (born 1951) is a judge.

Etherton attended St Paul's School and then studied history and law at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was in the British Sabre team from 1977 to 1980 and qualified for the Moscow Olympics.

Etherton was called to the bar in 1974 and became a QC in 1990. He was appointed a High Court judge in 2001<ref>London Gazette issue=56092 Page 535,16 January 2001}}</ref> and assigned to the Chancery Division, receiving the customary knighthood. In August 2006, he was appointed Chairman of the Law Commission,<ref>http://www.legalday.com/commentaries/dca/chair_law_commission.html "Terence Etherton to Chair Law Commission" ''legalday.com'' 25 July 2006</ref> the statutory independent body created by the Law Commissions Act 1965 to keep the law under review and to recommend reform where needed.

In 2008 he was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal,<ref>London Gazette issue 58845 page 15299 7 October 2008</ref> and received the customary appointment to the Privy Council. In 2013 he was appointed Chancellor of the High Court.<ref>http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/media/media-releases/2012/number-10-press-release-chancellor-high-crt-20122012 "Appointment of Chancellor of High Court" Judicial Office 20 December 2012</ref>

==Personal life==
Etherton is openly gay, and celebrated his civil partnership in 2006.<ref>http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article3758071.ece "Sir Terence Etherton, Chairman of the Law Commission" ''The Times'' 21 April 2008}</ref> On his appointment as Lord Justice of Appeal in 2008, he said, "My appointment also shows that diversity in sexuality is not a bar to preferment up to the highest levels of the judiciary".<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2008/09/22/out-gay-man-becomes-lord-justice-of-appeal/ "Out gay man becomes Lord of Appeal" ''Pink News'' 22 September 2008</ref>

Sir Terence was ranked number 25 in the [[Pink List 2010]], 26 in the [[Pink List 2011]], and 30 in the [[Pink List 2012]].

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