Sir Edmund Russborough Turton, 1st Baronet, JP, DL (1 November 1857 – 8 May 1929) was a British

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politician.

Life

He was 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 Joseph Leeson, 4th Earl of Milltown KP (11 February 1799 – 31 January 1866) was an Anglo-Irish peer, styled Viscount Russborough from 1801 to 1807. He was the son of the Hon. Joseph Leeson, who died shortly after his birth, and Emily Douglas, t ...

. He was educated at

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, and matriculated at

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in 1876. He was

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at the

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in 1882. Turton was an unsuccessful candidate in the Richmond division of the

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at the

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and 1895 elections. He finally entered the

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twenty years later, in 1915, when he was elected as the

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(MP) for the Thirsk & Malton division. His predecessor had inherited a peerage, and Turton was returned unopposed at the resulting by-election. 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

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, 1921–23; and of the Royal Commission on Local Government, 1923–25. 1926 New Years Honours List He held the seat until his death at the age of 71, three weeks before the 1929 general election, when a relative, Robin Turton, was elected to succeed him.

Family

Turton married in 1888 Clementina, daughter of

Spencer Ponsonby-Fane Sir Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane, (''né'' Ponsonby; 14 March 1824 – 1 December 1915) was an English cricketer and civil servant. He was born in 1824 in Mayfair, the sixth son of John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough. Cricket Ponso ...

. In 1926 he was created a

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, of

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in the County of York. He left no heir. The title became extinct on his death.

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* 1857 births 1929 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 Members of London County Council Progressive Party (London) politicians {{Conservative-UK-MP-1850s-stub