John Turner

Sir John Turner, 3rd Baronet (1712–1780), of Warham, Norfolk, was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1739 to 1774.

Turner was baptized on 19 June 1712, the only son of Sir John Turner, 2nd Baronet, of Warham and his wife Anne Allen, daughter of Thomas Allen, London merchant. He was educated at Greenwich School and was admitted at Middle Temple on 20 February 1729. and Christ's College, Cambridge on 9 January 1730. In 1736, he was called to bar. He served as mayor of King's Lynn in 1724, 1737, 1748, and 1768. He succeeded his father to the baronetcy on 6 January 1739. thumb Arms of Turner Baronets of Warham, Norfolk (1727): Sable, a chevron ermine between three fers-de-moline or on a chief argent a lion passant gules Turner married Miss Stonehouse on 20 October 1746. She died in 1749 and he married again to Frances Neale, daughter of John Neale of Allesley, Warwickshire.

Turner died on 25 June 1780, leaving two daughters, and was buried at Warham. Following his death, the baronetcy became extinct.