Sir Edmund Turton, 1st Baronet

Sir Edmund Russborough Turton, 1st Baronet, JP, DL (1 November 1857 – 8 May 1929^[1]) was a British Conservative Party politician.

He was an unsuccessful candidate in the Richmond division of the North Riding of Yorkshire at the 1892 and 1895 elections.^[2] He finally entered the House of Commons twenty years later, in 1915, when he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Thirsk & Malton division. His predecessor had inherited a peerage, and Turton was returned unopposed at the resulting by-election.^[2]

He was appointed Chairman of the North Riding Quarter Sessions in 1898, a position that he held until at least 1926. He was a Member of the Speaker's Conference on Electoral Reform 1916-17; the Royal Commission on London Government, 1921–23; and of the Royal Commission on Local Government, 1923–25.^[3]

He held the seat until his death at the age of 71, three weeks before the 1929 general election,^[4] when a relative, Robin Turton, was elected to succeed him.

In 1926 Turton had been created a baronet, of Upsall in the County of York, a title which became extinct on his death.^[1][3]

References

1. "Baronetcies beginning with "T" (part 2)". Leigh Rayment's Baronetage pages. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 428, 429. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
3. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33119. p. 2. 29 December 1925. Retrieved 11 July 2010. 1926 New Years Honours List
4. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 510. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Edmund Turton