The Baron Etherton, GBE, PC, life peer, who died 6 May, 2025, aged 73, served as Master of the Rolls and and was Chancellor of the High Court.
Terence Michael Elkan Barnet Etherton was born 21 June, 1951. He was called to the bar (Gray's Inn) in 1974 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1990. He was appointed a High Court judge on 11 January 2001 and assigned to the Chancery Division, receiving the customary knighthood. In August 2006, he was appointed Chairman of the Law Commission, the statutory independent body created by the Law Commissions Act 1965 to keep the law under review and to recommend reform where needed.
On 29 September 2008, on expansion of the Court of Appeal from 37 to 38 judges, Etherton was appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal. He was sworn in on 29 September 2008, and received the customary appointment to the Privy Council. On 11 January 2013, he was appointed Chancellor of the High Court. On 3 October 2016, Etherton succeeded Lord Dyson as Master of the Rolls.
In December 2020, it was announced that Etherton would be created a crossbench life peer in the 2020 Political Peerages. On 23 December 2020, he was created Baron Etherton, of Marylebone in the City of Westminster.
In May 2022, Lord Etherton was appointed by the Government to carry out an independent review of the treatment of LGBT military personnel between 1967 and 2000. His report was published in July 2023.
In the 2024 Birthday Honours, Etherton was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) for services to LGBT veterans.
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