Sir John Turner, 3rd Baronet (1712–1780), of

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, was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the

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from 1739 to 1774. Turner was baptized on 19 June 1712, the only son of Sir John Turner, 2nd Baronet, of Warham and his wife Anne Allen, daughter of Thomas Allen, London merchant. He was educated at. Greenwich school and was admitted at

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on 20 February 1729 and

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on 9 January 1730. In 1736 he was called to the bar. He succeeded his father to the

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on 6 January 1739. Turner was returned as

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for

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at a by-election on 9 February 1739 in succession to his uncle, Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet. He voted with the Government in every recorded division. He was returned unopposed at the

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, and won in a contest at the

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. Turner married Miss Stonehouse on 20 October 1746. She died in 1749 and he married again to Frances Neale, daughter of John Neale of Allesley, Warwickshire. Turner was returned unopposed for King's Lynn again at the

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, On 3 May 1757 he voted for Townshend's motion on the Minorca inquiry in opposition to Newcastle and Fox. At the

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, he was again returned unopposed. He made his first recorded speech, on 14 December1761, to second Lord Strange's bill to make the militia permanent. He followed Bute, and in May 1762 was appointed Lord of Treasury when Bute became its first lord. He remained in office under Grenville, and supported the Administration over Wilkes and general warrants, but apparently took no part in the debates. When the Rockingham Administration took over, Turner lost his place in July 1765 and for a while continued to adhere to Grenville. He voted against the repeal of the Stamp Act. He became a bencher on his Inn in 1766. At the

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there was a contest at King's Lynn, and Turner narrowly escaped defeat. He had become unpopular both on personal grounds and because of his attitude on general warrants. He seems to have lost interest in politics, and his only known vote in that Parliament was with Administration over the Middlesex election on 8 May 1769. His interest at King's Lynn had been seriously weakened, and he decided not to contest the borough at the

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Turner died 25 June 1780, leaving two daughters, and was buried at Warham. On his death the baronetcy became extinct.

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