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People

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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 O ...

(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 (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 Gibson Kirke Turton (29 July 1841 – 3 July 1891) was a New Zealand barrister who was Provincial Solicitor of Otago, as well as a first-class cricketer who played six matches for Otago in the 1860s and 1870s. He was a native of Raglan. Person ...

(1841–1891), New Zealand barrister and cricket player * Gerald Turton, owner of

Upsall Castle Upsall Castle is a fourteenth-century ruin, park and manor house in Upsall, in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. History Some records state that there was a building of some construction on the site of the castle in 1130 and ...

* Harriet Bridgeman, Viscountess Bridgeman (née Victoria Harriet Lucy Turton; born 1942), founder of the Bridgeman Art Library * Henry Hanson Turton (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 (1735–1806), English physician who treated King George III of Great Britain during the king's bouts of madness *

Kett Turton Birkett Kealy "Kett" Turton (born April 4, 1982) is an American-born Canadian film and television actor who had a starring role in the television series ''Dead Last'' (2001).Rosenberg, Howard (2001) "WB Summer Offering Ends Up a 'Dead' Bore", ''L ...

(Birkett Kealy Turton; born 1982), Canadian television and film actor * Ollie Turton (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 (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 ...

(born c. 1966), British television journalist *

Stuart Turton Stuart Turton (born 1980) is an English author and journalist. His first novel, ''The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle'' (2018) was a bestseller internationally and won a number of awards including the First Novel Award at the 2018 Costa Book ...

, 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 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 Turton baronets *

William Turton William Turton (21 May 1762 – 28 December 1835) was an English physician and naturalist. He is known for his pioneering work in conchology, and for translating Linnaeus' ''Systema Naturae'' into English. Biography He was born at Olveston, ...

(1762–1835), British naturalist

Places

Australia

* Point Turton, South Australia

United Kingdom

* Turton, Lancashire, 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 e ...

, 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 South Turton is an unparished area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically the southern part of Turton in Lancashire, it lies on the southern slopes of the West Pennine Moors, and has a population of ...

, an unparished area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester * Turton and Edgworth railway 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, 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., a football club based in Edgworth, Lancashire, England * Turton High School (1915–1956), a secondary school in Turton, South Dakota, U.S. *

Turton School Turton School is a mixed comprehensive secondary school and sixth form in Bromley Cross, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

, 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''