Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet, of Kirkleatham

Sir Charles Turner, Bt
Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet, from Catharine Read's British Gentlemen in Rome
Member of Parliament
for York
In office
1768–1783
Serving with Lord John Cavendish
Prime MinisterCharles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
Preceded bySir George Armytage, Bt
Robert Fox-Lane
Succeeded byThe Viscount Galway
Lord John Cavendish
Personal details
Born(1727-11-05)5 November 1727
Kirkleatham, in present day Redcar and Cleveland, England
Died26 October 1783(1783-10-26) (aged 55)
Kirkleatham
Spouses
Elizabeth Wombwell
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(died)​
Mary Shuttleworth
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(m. 1771)​
Parent(s)Jane Bathurst
William Turner
Residence(s)Kirkleatham Hall, England
EducationBeverley Grammar School
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

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

Early life

Turner was the son and heir of Jane (née Bathurst) Turner and William Turner, of Kirkleatham, in present-day Redcar and Cleveland, England.[1] His father was the second son of Charles Turner and his mother was the daughter of Charles Bathurst, Esq. of York.[2] 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.[2]

He was educated at Beverley Grammar School, and admitted to the Inner Temple in 1744; he also entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1745.

Career

He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1759 to 1760.[3] From 21 March 1768 to 17 November 1783, he was Member of Parliament for York. He was Lord Mayor of York for 1772.[4]

Turner was created Baronet, 8 May 1782.[5]

Personal life

He married twice: firstly to Elizabeth Wombwell, a daughter of William Wombwell, Esq. of Wombwell. After her death, he married, secondly, to Mary Shuttleworth, a daughter of James Shuttleworth, Esq. of Forcett,[6] in 1771. Together, they were the parents of one son and two daughters, including:[2]

He lived at Kirkleatham Hall,[8] and was 57 when he died on 26 October 1783.[3] His son Charles 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.[5]

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.[2] 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.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Parishes: Kirkleatham". www.british-history.ac.uk. British History Online. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Ord, John Walker (1846). The History and Antiquities of Cleveland: Comprising the Wapentake of East and West Langbargh, North Riding, County York. Simpkin and Marshall. p. 369. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Turner, Charles (TNR745C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ "Lord Mayors of York 1601-1800". Mansion House (York). Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  5. ^ a b Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1906), Complete Baronetage volume 5 (1707–1800), vol. 5, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, p. 218, retrieved 12 April 2019
  6. ^ Burke, John (1841). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England. Scott, Webster & Geary. p. 535. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  7. ^ Pepys, Samuel (1889). Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F. R. S.: Nov. 1st, 1666-July 31st 1668. D. McKay. p. 27. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  8. ^ Cooke, William Bryan (1857). The seize quartiers of the family of Bryan Cooke ... and of Frances his wife. p. 45. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  9. ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, vol. V, pp. 401–402.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for York
1768–1783
With: Lord John Cavendish 		Succeeded by
Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation Baronet
(of Kirkleatham)
1782–1783 		Succeeded by