Sydney Turner (2 April 1814 – 26 June 1879) was an Anglican clergyman,

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from December 1875 until March 1876. He was born in 1814,''Obituary.''

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(London, England), Wednesday, Jul 02, 1879; pg. 7; Issue 29609 the youngest son of the historian

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, and educated at

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. He was

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in 1837 and became a

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at Christ Church,

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. He was for many years an Inspector of Industrial and Reformatory Schools. He was Chaplain to the Philanthropic Society for the reformation of juvenile offenders from 1842 to 1857. An Inspector of prisons from 1858 to 1867, in 1858 he delivered a sermon to open the meeting of the

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.''The inaugural addresses ... together with the sermon by the Reverend Sydney Turner'', 1858. He was Rector of

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from 1867 to 1875, and again (after his brief spell as Dean of Ripon) from 1876 until his death He died on 26 June 1879.

Works

* ''Report on the system and arrangements of "La colonie agricole" at Mettray'', 1846 * ''Reformatory Schools. A Letter to C. B. Adderley, Esq., M.P'', 1848 * ''Pray for us : a farewell sermon, preached in the Philanthropic Society's Chapel, St. George's Fields, on Sunday, April 16, 1849'', 1849 * ''First report of the inspector appointed, under the provisions of the Act 5 & 6 Will.IV.c.38, to visit the different reformatory schools of Great Britain'', 1858

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1814 births Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Deans of Ripon 1879 deaths {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub