Christopher Turnor MP, JP, DL (4 April 1809 – 7 March 1886), was an English

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politician who sat in the

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from 1841 to 1847, and a promoter of

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architecture. Christopher Turnor was educated at

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. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, a justice of the peace for parts of Kesteven and Lindsey in Lincolnshire, and

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in 1834. Turnor was elected as a

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(MP) for South Lincolnshire in April 1841, and served until the 1847 general election. He was a member of the

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. Christopher Turnor's great grandfather was Edmund Turnor (–1769), of

Stoke Rochford Stoke Rochford is a small English village and civil parish south of Grantham in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 230 (including Easton, Lincolnshire, Easton). It has two notable Grad ...

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, and Panton in

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, Lincolnshire. His father was Edmund Turnor (1755–1829), FRS, FSA, MP for

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, and the author of ''Collections for the History of the Town and Soke of Grantham Containing Authentic Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton''."The Diaries of Dora Turnor"
,

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. Retrieved 3 January 2015 The main frontage of Stoke Rochford Hall - geograph

Turnor married on 2 February 1837 Lady Caroline Finch-Hatton (6 July 1816 – 13 March 1888), daughter of

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(1791–1858). The Finch-Hatton family owned lands in

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and parts of

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in London. Turnor's son was Edmund Turnor (24 March 1838 – 15 December 1903), Member of Parliament for

Grantham Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln and ...

in 1868, and for South Lincolnshire from 1868 to 1880. A second son was Christopher Hatton Turnor (b. 16 Dec 1840), whose son was

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, author and architect, of Stoke Rochford (23 November 1873 – 1940), who married on 7 August 1907 Sarah Marie Talbot, daughter and heir of Admiral The Hon. Walter Cecil Carpenter, formerly Talbot. Christopher Turnor and Lady Caroline Finch Hatton's children: * Edmund Turnor (1838-1903) * Christopher Hatton Turnor (1840), had issue Christopher Hatton Turnor (1872-1940) * Algernon Turnor (1845-1921), had issue Major Herbert Turnor who married Lady Victoria Rachel Fane, their daughter Rosemary Sybil Turnor married

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. * Edith Georgiana Turnor, m. 3rd Earl of Cawdor, had issue 4th Earl Cawdor. * Graham Augustus Turnor * Bertha Kathleen Turnor * Dora Agnes Caroline Turnor (1858-1899), m. Benjamin Bloomfield Trench, had issue.

Architecture

Christopher Turnor's property and seat was the now Grade I

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Stoke Rochford Hall, today a hotel and conference centre. In 1839 architect

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was commissioned by Turnor to rebuild the previous 1794 Hall in Jacobean style, while the estate was emparked, extended and redesigned which required the removal of the village of North Stoke, its

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being conjoined to South Stoke. The associated of the Stoke Rochford Estate, at the time the third largest in Lincolnshire, is still owned by the Turnor family. Turnor rebuilt and added houses and designed farm building complexes throughout Lincolnshire to a unified and coherent design using local materials. He provided for building design not just in Lincolnshire, or in Stoke Rochford which he turned into an

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. His particular church and farmhouse additions and alterations were at

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, Panton,

Lissington Lissington is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 154. It lies south from the town of Market Rasen, and about 4 miles north from the town o ...

Langworth Langworth is a small village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated north-east from the city and county town of Lincoln, and on the A158 road Lincoln to Skegness road. It is in the civil parish of Barlings. Commu ...

, East Torrington,

East Barkwith East Barkwith is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A157, and approximately north-east from the city and county town of Lincoln, The parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary ...

Wragby Wragby ( ) is a town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated at the junction of the A157 and A158 roads, and approximately north-west from Horncastle and about north-east of Lincoln. History ...

Binbrook Binbrook is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the B1203 road, and north-east from Market Rasen. Previously a larger market town,Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' pp. 64- ...

and

Kirmond le Mire Kirmond le Mire is a small village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the B1203 road, east from Market Rasen and south-west from Grimsby. It is in the civil parish of Thoresway. Kirmo ...

. Turnor also promoted Lincolnshire county railways. While in London the Turnor's family home was 34

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."Stoke-Mandeville - Stoke, West", in ''A Topographical Dictionary of England'', ed. Samuel Lewis (London, 1848), pp. 220–224Squires, Stewart
"Christopher Turnor 1809-1886 and his Influence on Lincolnshire Buildings"
, Historic Farm Buildings Group, Institute of Historic Building Conservation. Retrieved 3 January 2015 Christopher Turnor designed his and his wife's memorial for the north

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chapel in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Turnor, Christopher 1809 births 1886 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1841–1847 Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Deputy Lieutenants of Lincolnshire High Sheriffs of Lincolnshire