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Sir Charles Turner, 2nd Baronet
Sir Charles Turner, 2nd Baronet (28 January 1773 –1 February 1810) was an English politician. He was the son of Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet, of Kirkleatham, Sir Charles Turner, Bt of Kirkleatham, Kirkleatham Hall, Yorkshire by his second wife Mary, the daughter of James Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe Hall. He joined the Army as a Cornet in the Royal Horse Guards in 1789, was a lieutenant in 1794-5 and became a captain in the 4th West Yorkshire militia in 1797. He was elected at the 1796 British general election, 1796 general election as a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull (UK Parliament constituency), Kingston upon Hull, and held the seat until the 1802 United Kingdom general election, 1802 general election. He died in 1810 aged only 37, leaving his Kirkleatham estate to his widow. He had married Teresa, the daughter of Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, 1st Baronet. She later married Henry Vansittart, the High Sheriff of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet, Of Kirkleatham
Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet (11 November 1727 – 26 October 1783) was a British politician and Lord Mayor of York. Early life Turner was the son and heir of Jane ( née Bathurst) Turner and William Turner, of Kirkleatham, in present-day Redcar and Cleveland, England. His father was the second son of Charles Turner and his mother was the daughter of Charles Bathurst, Esq. of York. Along with his aunts, Mary (née Bathurst) Sleigh and Frances (née Bathurst) Forster, his mother was the heiress of her brother, Charles Bathurst, Esq. of Skutterskelfe Hall and Arkendale. He was educated at Beverley Grammar School, and admitted to the Inner Temple in 1744; he also entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1745. Career He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1759 to 1760. From 21 March 1768 to 17 November 1783, he was Member of Parliament for York. He was Lord Mayor of York for 1772. Turner was created Baronet, 8 May 1782. Personal life He married twice: firstly to Elizabeth Wombw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |