Earl Winterton, in the
County of Galway, is a title in the
Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1766 for
Edward Turnour, 1st Baron Winterton, who represented
Bramber
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in the
House of Commons. Turnour had already been created Baron Winterton, of
Gort in the County of Galway, in 1761, and was made Viscount Turnour, of Gort in the County of Galway, at the same time as he was given the earldom. These titles are also in the Peerage of Ireland. Born Edward Turnour Garth, Lord Winterton was the son of Joseph Garth and his wife Sarah (died 1744), daughter of Francis Gee and his wife Sarah, daughter of
Sir Edward Turnour,
Member of Parliament
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for
Orford, elder son of
Sir Edward Turnour,
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* Speaker of ...
from 1661 to 1671. His mother was sole heiress to the Turnor (or Turnour) estates and on her death in 1744 he assumed by Royal licence the surname of Turnour.
Lord Winterton's great-great-great-grandson (the titles having descended from father to son), the sixth Earl, was a
Conservative politician. He represented
Horsham
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in the House of Commons for almost fifty years and served as
Under-Secretary of State for India and as
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. In 1952 he was created Baron Turnour, of
Shillinglee in the
County of Sussex
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, in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
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.
This title became extinct on his death in 1962. He was succeeded in the Irish titles by his third cousin once removed, the seventh Earl, who lived in
Canada
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, as does his nephew, the eighth Earl, who succeeded him in 1991. He is the eldest son of Noel Turnour, the seventh Earl's younger brother.
The ancestral seat of the Turnour family was
Shillinglee,
West Sussex
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.
Earls Winterton (1766)
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Edward Garth-Turnour, 1st Earl Winterton
Edward Garth-Turnour, 1st Earl Winterton FRS (1734 – 10 August 1788) was a British politician.
Life
Born Edward Garth, he was the son of Joseph Garth and his wife Sarah (née Gee). On his mother's side he was a great-great-grandson of Sir E ...
(1734–1788)
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Edward Turnour, 2nd Earl Winterton
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
(1758–1831)
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Edward Turnour, 3rd Earl Winterton
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
(1784–1833)
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Edward Turnour, 4th Earl Winterton (1810–1879)
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Edward Turnour, 5th Earl Winterton
Edward Turnour, 5th Earl Winterton (15 August 1837 – 5 September 1907) was an Irish peer and cricketer.
He married Lady Georgiana Susan Hamilton (1841–1913), daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, by whom he had one son:
*Edward ...
(1837–1907)
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Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton
Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton, PC (4 April 1883 – 26 August 1962), styled Viscount Turnour until 1907, was an Irish peer and British politician who served as a Member of Parliament for 47 years, attaining the rare distinction of serving ...
(1883–1962)
*Ronald Chad Turnour, 7th Earl Winterton (1915–1991)
*(Donald) David Turnour, 8th Earl Winterton (b. 1943)
The
heir presumptive
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...
is the present holder's younger brother The Hon. Robert Charles Turnour (b. 1950)
The heir presumptive's heir presumptive is his younger brother The Hon. Murray John Turnour (b. 1951)
The heir presumptive's heir presumptive's
heir apparent
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is his son Jonathan Winterton Behan Turnour (b. 1985)
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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Earldoms in the Peerage of Ireland
1766 establishments in Ireland
Noble titles created in 1766