Sir Charles Turner, 2nd Baronet (28 January 1773 –1 February 1810) was an English politician. He was the son of Sir Charles Turner, Bt of

Kirkleatham Hall Kirkleatham is an area of Redcar in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England. It is approximately north-northwest of Guisborough, and south of Redcar centre. It was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. The area has a co ...

, Yorkshire by his second wife Mary, the daughter of James Shuttleworth of

Gawthorpe Hall Gawthorpe Hall is an Elizabethan country house on the banks of the River Calder, in Ightenhill, a civil parish in the Borough of Burnley, Lancashire, England. Its estate extends into Padiham, with the Stockbridge Drive entrance situated there. ...

. He joined the Army as a Cornet in the

Royal Horse Guards The Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, also known as the Blues, or abbreviated as RHG, was one of the cavalry regiments of the British Army and part of the Household Cavalry. In 1969, it was amalgamated with the 1st The Royal Dragoons to form the ...

in 1789, was a lieutenant in 1794-5 and became a captain in the 4th West Yorkshire militia in 1797. He was elected at the 1796 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for

Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a historic maritime city and unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Est ...

, and held the seat until the 1802 general election. He died in 1810 aged only 37, leaving his Kirkleatham estate to his widow. He had married Teresa, the daughter of Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, 1st Baronet. She later married Henry Vansittart, the

High Sheriff of Yorkshire The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere o ...

for 1820.

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* 1773 births 1810 deaths Turner baronets British MPs 1796–1800 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Royal Horse Guards officers UK MPs 1801–1802 {{GreatBritain-baronet-stub