Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet (11 November 1727 – 26 October 1783) was a British politician and

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Early life

Turner was the son and heir of Jane (

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Bathurst) Turner and William Turner, of

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, in present-day

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. His father was the second son of Charles Turner and his mother was the daughter of Charles Bathurst, Esq. of York. Along with his aunts, Mary (née Bathurst) Sleigh and Frances (née Bathurst) Forster, his mother was the heiress of her brother, Charles Bathurst, Esq. of Skutterskelfe Hall and Arkendale. He was educated at

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, and admitted to the

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in 1744; he also entered

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in 1745.

Career

He was

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for 1759 to 1760. From 21 March 1768 to 17 November 1783, he was Member of Parliament for

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. He was

for 1772. Turner was created

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, 8 May 1782.

Personal life

He married twice: firstly to Elizabeth Wombwell, a daughter of William Wombwell, Esq. of

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. After her death, he married, secondly, to Mary Shuttleworth, a daughter of James Shuttleworth, Esq. of Forcett, in 1771. Together, they were the parents of one son and two daughters, including: * Sir Charles Turner, 2nd Baronet (1773–1810), who married Teresa Gleadowe-Newcomen, the daughter of Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, 1st Baronet and Charlotte Gleadowe-Newcomen, 1st Viscountess Newcomen. * Mary Turner (d. 1815), who married Richard Oliver Gascoigne, of Parlington Hall. * Elizabeth Turner, who married Col. Campbell, and were the parents of one daughter, Thomasina Campbell. He lived at Kirkleatham Hall, and was 57 when he died on 26 October 1783. His son

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inherited his baronetcy and the Kirkleatham estate. His widow remarried Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 8th Baronet of Parlington Hall, Aberford and their daughter Mary inherited the Gascoigne's Parlington estate. After his sons death at age 37 in 1810, the baronetcy became extinct.

Descendants

Through his daughter Mary, he was grandfather of four, including Thomas Oliver-Gascoigne (1806–1842) and Richard Silver Oliver-Gascoigne (1808–1842), who both died unmarried. The Gascoigne estates were, therefore, inherited by his two granddaughters: Mary Isabella Oliver-Gascoigne (1810–1891), who was married Col. Hon. Frederick Charles Trench in 1850 (parents of Col. F. R. T. Trench-Gascoigne) and Elizabeth Oliver-Gascoigne (1812–1893), who married Frederick Mason Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown in 1852.E. M. Johnston-Liik, ''History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800'', vol. V, pp. 401–402.

References

External links

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Sir Charles Turner, 1st Bt (1726-1783), Lord Mayor of York and politician; MP for York
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