Sir Edmund Russborough Turton, 1st Baronet, JP, DL (1 November 1857 – 9 May 1929[1]) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Sir Edmund Turton, 1st Baronet | |
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| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 1915–1929 | |
| Constituency | Thirsk & Malton division |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edmund Russborough Turton 1 November 1857 |
| Died | 9 May 1929 (aged 71) Upsall, North Yorkshire, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Clementina Ponsonby-Fane
(m. 1888) |
| Education | |
Life
editHe was born on 1 November 1857, the eldest child of Edmund Henry Turton of the 3rd Dragoon Guards and his wife Lady Cecilia Mary Leeson, 2nd daughter of Joseph Leeson, 4th Earl of Milltown.[2][3] He was educated at Eton College, and matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1876. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1882.[4]
Turton was an unsuccessful candidate in the Richmond division of the North Riding of Yorkshire at the 1892 and 1895 elections.[5] He finally entered the House of Commons twenty years later, in 1915, when he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Thirsk & Malton division. His predecessor had inherited a peerage, and Turton was returned unopposed at the resulting by-election.[5]
He was appointed Chairman of the North Riding Quarter Sessions in 1898, a position that he held until at least 1926. He was a Member of the Speaker's Conference on Electoral Reform 1916–17; the Royal Commission on London Government, 1921–23; and of the Royal Commission on Local Government, 1923–25.[6]
He held the seat until his death at the age of 71, three weeks before the 1929 general election,[7] when a relative, Robin Turton, was elected to succeed him.
Family
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Turton married in 1888 Clementina, daughter of Spencer Ponsonby-Fane. They had one son, who joined the Yorkshire Hussars and was killed in action in 1915.[3]
In 1926, Turton was created a baronet, of Upsall in the County of York.[3]
He died at Upsall Castle on 9 May 1929.[3] He left no heir.[8] The title became extinct on his death.[1][6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Baronetcies beginning with "T" (part 2)". Leigh Rayment's Baronetage pages. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Burke, Bernard (1886). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. pp. 1864–1865.
- ^ a b c d "Obituary: Sir E. R. Turton". The Times. No. 45199. London. 10 May 1929. p. 18. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 428, 429. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ a b "No. 33119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1925. p. 2. 1926 New Years Honours List
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 510. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ "Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 20 February 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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