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Christopher Turnor (other)
Christopher Turnor may refer to: * Christopher Turnor (judge) (1607–1675), English judge in the time of Charles II * Christopher Turnor (MP) (1809–1886), English Member of Parliament for South Lincolnshire * Christopher Hatton Turnor Christopher Hatton Turnor (23 November 1873 Toronto – 19 August 1940) was an English author, architect, and social reformer. He is known for having designed the Watts Gallery, Surrey and the Stoneham War Shrine, Hampshire. Tu ... (1873–1940), English architect and social reformer See also * Christopher Turner (other) {{Hndis, Turnor, Christopher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Turnor (judge)
Sir Christopher Turnor (6 December 1607 – May 1675) was an English judge, knight and royalist. He was eldest son of Christopher and Ellen Turnor of Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire. He matriculated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1623. Though the ''DNB'' reports him as obtaining a degree of B.A. in 1630 and M.A. in 1633, Venn regards this as mistaken. In later years he contributed towards the rebuilding of the college chapel, begun in 1668. In November 1633 he was called to the bar at the Middle Temple. On 7 March 1639 he was appointed Receiver General of South Wales, jointly with William Watkins. He was elected a bencher in 1654. During the English Civil War he supported the royalist side, and at the Restoration in July 1660 was made serjeant-at-law, third baron of the exchequer, and knighted. In October of that year he was placed on the commission for the trial of the regicides. At the Gloucester autumn assizes in 1661 he displayed a degree of circumspection unusual in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Turnor (MP)
Christopher Turnor MP, JP, DL (4 April 1809 – 7 March 1886), was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1841 to 1847, and a promoter of Lincolnshire architecture. Christopher Turnor was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, a justice of the peace for parts of Kesteven and Lindsey in Lincolnshire, and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1834. Turnor was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for South Lincolnshire in April 1841, and served until the 1847 general election. He was a member of the Carlton Club. Turnor had succeeded his father in 1829 when he was only 20-year-old, he inherited 20,664 acres and a rental income of £27,000 a year.Christopher Turnor's great grandfather was Edmund Turnor (–1769), of Stoke Rochford in Kesteven, and Panton in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire. His father was Edmund Turnor (1755–1829), FRS, FSA, MP for Midhurst, antiquarian, and the author of ''Collec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Hatton Turnor
Christopher Hatton Turnor (23 November 1873 Toronto – 19 August 1940) was an English author, architect, and social reformer. He is known for having designed the Watts Gallery, Surrey and the Stoneham War Shrine, Hampshire. Turnor was the son of Christopher Hatton Turnor (1840 - 1914) and Alicia Killaly (watercolorist). His father was the second son of Christopher Turnor (MP) and Lady Caroline Finch-Hatton, daughter of 10th Earl of Winchilsea, and herself was a descendants of Sir Christopher Hatton. His mother was the daughter of a Canadian engineer. Turnor was educated at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester and at Christ Church, Oxford. He initially trained as an architect under Edwin Lutyens and Robert Weir Schultz. In addition to his architectural work, Turnor became a campaigner for agricultural reform. He co-founded the Central Landowners' Association. He was mayor of Grantham from 1928-30, where he developed the Turnor Crescent housing scheme, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
