Page-Turner Family History

Sir Gregory Page-Turner, 3rd Baronet  (16 February 1748 – 4 January 1805) was a wealthy landowner and politician in late 18th century  England , serving as  Member of Parliament  (MP) for  Thirsk  for 21 years. Gregory Turner ("Page" was added later) was the eldest son of  Sir Edward Turner, 2 nd Baronet  of  Ambrosden  near  Bicester  in  Oxfordshire . Gregory succeeded him to become the third  Turner baronet  on 31 October 1766. Sir Gregory his successor was born Feb. 16, 1748, and succeeded his father in titles and estates on the 3lst of October, 1766. He was chiefly educated by the Rev. J. Prinsep, (father to the present high bailiff of Southwark) from whom he was removed to Eton college, where (whilst Mr. Turner) he distinguished himself by the following elegant copy of Latin verses translated into English . Leaving those ancient walls, the boasted seat By Henry rear’d “for learning’s calm retreat; T...

Sir Edward Turner 2nd Bt,1719-1766  by Sir Thomas Gainsborough Sir Edward Turner 2nd Bt was the son of Sir Edward Turner, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary. He received his early education at Bicester Grammar School and then Eton 1725-32; He went on to Balliol College, Oxford where he was noted for his "distinguished scholarship and the regularity of his behaviour". He was noted for his distinguished scholarship Deane Swift, cousin of the Irish satirist, Jonathan Swift, wrote of him later in life in 1765 in a letter to Sanderson Miller, the architect, “Does your friend, Sir Edward Turner, continue to be a friend to Apollo and the Muses? I wish you Could persuade him to write, as no man I think in England so well deserves to wear the Laurels”. He gained his BA in 1735 at the time of his father’s death, and then spent some years in Europe on the Grand Tour before returning to take his MA in 1738.  Sir Edward Turner 2nd Bt  and Cassandra Turner nee Leigh marriage portrait by A...