Geoffrey Tattersall, KC (born 22 September 1947) is a former

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in the

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Biography

Tattersall was born on 22 September 1947 in

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, Lancashire, England. He was educated at

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from 1958 to 1966. He studied

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and was

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in 1970. He was appointed a

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(QC) in 1992. He was the

for the

from 1997 to 2017, and a

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since 2003. As a

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, he was a member of the Byrom Street Chambers, Manchester from 1992, and 22 Old Buildings, London. Tattersall has been a member of the

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since 1995. He has been Diocesan Chancellor of the

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since 2003 and of the Diocese of Manchester from 2004. He was the

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of the

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from 2015 to 2019. He supports the introduction of church blessings for same-sex relationships but not same-sex weddings: "I cannot see how we cannot allow the relationships of those who are

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I+ to be blessed in Church although I have doubts as to whether the Church could recognise their relationships as married".

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Byrom Street Chambers22 Old Buildings
Living people Manx judges 20th-century King's Counsel Members of Lincoln's Inn Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford People educated at Manchester Grammar School Members of the General Synod of the Church of England 1947 births {{IsleofMan-bio-stub