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People

Turton baronets There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Turton, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extinct. The Turton Baronetcy, of Starborough Castle in the ...

Surname

Andrew Turton Andrew Turton (193813 August 2021) was a British anthropologist who specialised on Thailand and the Tai peoples of Southeast Asia. Life Turton held the Chair of Anthropology and Chair of the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies at the School of Or ...

(1938–2021), British anthropologist * Ashley Turton (1973–2011), American lobbyist and political staffer * Chad Turton (born 1974), birth name of Chad Kroeger * Cyril Turton (born 1921), English football centre back *

Sir Edmund Turton, 1st Baronet Sir Edmund Russborough Turton, 1st Baronet, JP, DL (1 November 1857 – 8 May 1929) was a British Conservative Party politician. Life He was the eldest child of Edmund Henry Turton of the 3rd Dragoon Guards and his wife Lady Cecilia Mary Leeson, ...

of Upsall, York (1857–1929), British Conservative Party politician for Thirsk and Malton 1915–1929 * Edmund Turton (athlete) (born 1932), Olympic athlete from Trinidad and Tobago *

Enid Bakewell Enid Bakewell ( Turton; born 16 December 1940) played for the English women's cricket team in 12 Tests between 1968 and 1979, and in 23 one-day international matches. A right-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler, on her figures she ...

(née Turton; born 1940), played for the English women's cricket team * *

Geoff Turton Geoffrey Turton (born 11 March 1944, Birmingham, England), who also recorded under the name Jefferson, is a British singer. His musical career began as the falsettist lead singer and rhythm guitarist of The Rockin' Berries in 1961, which had a ...

(born 1944), British singer * Gibson Turton (1841–1891), New Zealand barrister and cricket player * Gerald Turton, owner of Upsall Castle *

Harriet Bridgeman Victoria Harriet Lucy Bridgeman, Viscountess Bridgeman (née Turton; born 1942) is the founder of the Bridgeman Art Library, a for-profit company that provides a large collection of fine art images and the Artists' Collecting Society, a not-fo ...

, Viscountess Bridgeman (née Victoria Harriet Lucy Turton; born 1942), founder of the Bridgeman Art Library *

Henry Hanson Turton Henry Hanson Turton (1818–1887) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Taranaki Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano of Mount Taranaki, also ...

(1818–1887), Member of Parliament in Taranaki, New Zealand * (1832–1881), chess problem composer; see

Turton doubling Turton doubling is a manoeuvre in chess in which a piece moves along a line (rank, file or diagonal), then a similarly-moving piece moves onto the same line in front of it, then this second piece moves again along this line, in the opposite direc ...

John Turton John Turton (15 November 1735 – 14 April 1806) was an English physician. Life Born in Staffordshire, Turton became the doctor of King George III of Great Britain and treated that monarch during bouts of his madness. His house, Brasted Place ...

(1735–1806), English physician who treated King George III of Great Britain during the king's bouts of madness * Kett Turton (Birkett Kealy Turton; born 1982), Canadian television and film actor *

Ollie Turton Oliver Anthony Turton (born 6 December 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back or central midfielder for Huddersfield Town. He has also played for Crewe Alexandra and Blackpool. Early life Turton was born in Manc ...

(born 1992), English football defender *Major Richard Turton, British colonial military officer who re-established the convict settlement at Norfolk Island *

Robin Turton, Baron Tranmire Robert Hugh Turton, Baron Tranmire, (8 August 1903 – 17 January 1994) was a British Conservative Party politician. Biography The son of Major R B Turton of Kildale Hall, Kildale, North Riding of Yorkshire, Turton was educated at Eton Colleg ...

(1903–1994), Life Peer and British Conservative Party politician for Thirsk and Malton *

Searle Turton Searle Turton (born 23 June 1979) is a Canadian politician who is the Alberta Minister of Children and Family Services. He was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral distric ...

(born 1979), Canadian politician *

Sue Turton Sue Turton (born c.1966) is a British television journalist. Career Sue Turton began her national television career as a reporter in the features department at Sky News. She went on to freelance for LWT and MTV before getting a correspondent's j ...

(born c. 1966), British television journalist * Stuart Turton, author of the 2018 novel ''

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle ''The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle'' (published in United States as ''The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle'') is a novel by Stuart Turton which won the Best First Novel prize in the 2018 Costa Book Awards and reached number one on ''The'' ' ...

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Sir Thomas Turton, 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

of Starborough Castle, Surrey (1764–1844), MP for Southwark *

Thomas Turton Thomas Turton (25 February 1780 – 7 January 1864) was an English academic and divine, the Bishop of Ely from 1845 to 1864. Life Thomas Turton was son of Thomas and Ann Turton of Hatfield, West Riding. He was admitted to Queens' College, ...

DD (1780–1864), English academic and divine, the Bishop of Ely *Sir Thomas Edward Michell Turton, 2nd Baronet of Starborough Castle, Surrey (1790–1854); see

* William Turton (1762–1835), British naturalist

Places

Australia

Point Turton, South Australia Point Turton is a coastal town west of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Yorke Peninsula Council. History The town was named by a marine surveyor, Captain John Hutchinson, as a commemoration of a double wedding of two daughters ...

United Kingdom

Turton, Lancashire Turton is a historical area in the North West of England. It is divided between the ceremonial counties of Lancashire and Greater Manchester. The Turton area is located north of Bolton and south of Blackburn. The area historically formed a towns ...

, a historical area, township and former civil parish now partly in Greater Manchester **

Turton Urban District Turton Urban District was, from 1873 to 1974, a local government district centred on the historical area of Turton in the administrative county of Lancashire, England. History Background Turton was a township and chapelry of the civil and ec ...

, a former urban district in Lancashire **

North Turton North Turton is a civil parish of the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire, England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 the civil parish has a population of 3,736, increasing to 3,867 at the 2011 Census. North Turton ...

, a civil parish of the Unitary Authority of Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire ** South Turton, an unparished area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester *

Turton and Edgworth railway station Turton and Edgworth railway station, located at 4 miles, 856 yards from Bolton, on the Bolton to Blackburn line, opened as Chapel Town Station. The short length original low height platform seen in early photographs at the front of the station ...

, formerly on what is now the Northern Rail 'Ribble Valley Line *

Turton and Entwistle Reservoir Turton and Entwistle Reservoir is a water reservoir in the village of Edgworth, Lancashire, England. The reservoir's existence is due to the Entwistle Dam. When constructed in 1832 the Entwistle Dam was the highest in Britain; it rises 108 feet ...

, a water reservoir in the town of Edgworth, Lancashire *

Turton Tower Turton Tower is a manor house in Chapeltown in North Turton, Borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is a scheduled ancient monument and a grade I listed building. It was built in the late Middle Ages as a two-storey stone p ...

, Chapeltown, Lancashire, a 15th-century manor house

United States

Turton, South Dakota Turton is a town in Spink County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 55 at the 2020 census. The town was served by Turton High School from 1915 to 1956; students attended Doland High School thereafter. History Turton was platted ...

Organisations

Turton F.C. Turton Football Club is a football club based in Edgworth, in the North Turton district of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Thomason Fold. The club are affiliated to the Lancashire Footba ...

, a football club based in Edgworth, Lancashire, England * Turton High School (1915–1956), a secondary school in Turton, South Dakota, U.S. * Turton School, a mixed comprehensive secondary school and sixth form in Bromley Cross, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton

Other uses

, a manoeuvre found in chess problems * Turton River, Victoria, Australia *Sir Basil and Lady Turton, characters in the British television series ''Tales of the Unexpected''