Edmund Turnor (politician, born 1838)

For the antiquarian and MP for Midhurst, see Edmund Turnor (antiquarian).

Edmund Turnor (24 March 1838 – 15 December 1903) was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880.

Turnor was the son of Christopher Turnor, M.P. for South Lincolnshire 1841–47, and his wife Lady Caroline Finch-Hatton, daughter of George Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchilsea,^[1] and grandson of antiquarian Edmund Turnor (1755–1829). He was educated at Harrow School and at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1860. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, and a J.P. for parts of Kesteven and Lindsey in Lincolnshire ^[2]

Turnor was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham at a by-election in April 1868. At the 1868 general election Turnor was elected MP for South Lincolnshire. He held the seat until 1880.^[3]

Turnor died at the age of 65.

Turnor married Lady Mary Katherine Gordon, daughter of Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly in 1866.^[2]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Earle Welby John Thorold	Member of Parliament for Grantham April 1868 – Nov 1868 With: John Thorold	Succeeded by Sir Hugh Cholmeley, Bt Frederick Tollemache
Preceded by George Hussey Packe William Earle Welby	Member of Parliament for South Lincolnshire 1868 – 1880 With: William Earle Welby	Succeeded by John Compton Lawrance William Earle Welby

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