John Frewen-Turner (1 August 1755 – 1 February 1829), born John Frewen,J.M. Collinge, 'Frewen Turner, John (1755-1829), of Cold Overton, Leics. and Brickwall, Suss.', in R. Thorne (ed.), ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820'' (from Boydell and Brewer 1986)
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was an English landowner and politician."Frewen of Brickwall", in B. Burke, ''A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, for 1852'', 2 Vols (Colburn and Co., London 1852), I
pp. 449-50
(Google); (Index
p. 109
(Internet Archive).

Life

John was born in

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, Leicestershire, the son of the Revd. Thomas Frewen and Esther (née Simpkin). In 1777 Thomas Frewen received the bequest of

Cold Overton Hall Cold Overton Hall is a country house in the village of Cold Overton, Leicestershire, England. Built c.1664 for John St John, it is a Grade I listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on o ...

in Leicestershire from the Turner family, on the condition that he should adopt the surname and arms of the Turners, which he accordingly did, retaining Frewen as a middle name. John was educated at

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and

Queen's College, Oxford The Queen's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. The college was founded in 1341 by Robert de Eglesfield in honour of Philippa of Hainault. It is distinguished by its predominantly neoclassical architecture, ...

, where he graduated BA in 1778. In 1779 he was admitted to the

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. He inherited Cold Overton Hall at his father's death in 1791, and adopted the name and arms of Turner at that time for the same purpose. In that year he served as

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. He became Lieutenant-Colonel of

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in 1797, and MP for the Irish seat of Athlone, Westmeath from 1807 to 1812. He married in 1808 Eleanor Clark, sister of the writer and Parisian salon hostess Mary Mohl and daughter of Charles Clark of Westminster. Mary frequently stayed with the Frewen-Turners at their home in

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. Their children included the future politicians

Charles Frewen Charles Hay Frewen (25 May 1813 – 1 September 1878), known until 1837 as Charles Hay Frewen-Turner, was an English land-owner and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1846 to 1857 for East Sussex, and thereafter s ...

and

Thomas Frewen Turner Thomas Frewen Turner (26 August 1811 – 1870) was a British politician. Born at Cold Overton in Leicestershire, Thomas was the eldest son of John Frewen-Turner. He succeeded to the family estates in 1829. Turner stood in the 1835 UK gener ...

. He died at Coventry in 1829. His funerary monument in the church at Cold Overton is by

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.R.F. Gunnis, ''Dictionary of British Sculptors, 1660-1851'', Revised Edition, 2 vols (Abbey Press, London 1968).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frewen-Turner, John 1755 births 1829 deaths People from Blaby District People educated at Rugby School Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford Members of the Middle Temple Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Athlone UK MPs 1807–1812 Deputy Lieutenants of Leicestershire Leicestershire Yeomanry officers High Sheriffs of Leicestershire English landowners People from the Borough of Melton