Dawson Turner

Dawson Turner (15 December 1846 – 25 February 1909) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1871 to 1875. He was the son of Gurney Turner (1813–1848) and Mary Anne Hamilton Mowatt. His paternal grandfather, after whom he was named, was Dawson Turner (1775–1858), the banker and botanist, and he got his middle name from his paternal grandmother, Mary Palgrave (1774–1850). He attended Rugby School He played his final match for England on 8 March 1875 at Edinburgh in the Scotland vs England match. By 1891 he had divorced Emma and described himself as a retired military officer. He died in March 1909 in England.