Gibson Turton

Gibson Kirke Turton (29 July 1841 – 3 July 1891) was a New Zealand barrister who was Provincial Solicitor of Otago, as well as a first-class cricketer who played six matches for Otago in the 1860s and 1870s. He was a native of Raglan, in the Waikato.

Personal life Turton married Annie Isabel Bathgate, a daughter of the Hon. J. B. Bathgate, in Dunedin in December 1866. They had six children. However, he took to alcohol, lost his position and left his family. He wandered in various parts of New Zealand and Australia, and died semi-destitute in Wellington.