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Sir Edward Turner, 1st Baronet

1691 – 1735

British Baronet

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About Sir Edward Turner, 1st Baronet

Lived 1691 – 1735 (aged 43).

Sir Edward Turner, 1st Baronet (1691 – 1735) was an 18th-century investor, landowner and baronet.

He was born in London the son of John Turner, a well-to-do London merchant (d. 1708) and educated at Bicester Grammar School. Like his father, he became a merchant in London, a Director and sometime Chairman of the East India Company. He served a year as the High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1732.

In 1718 he married Mary Page, the daughter of Sir Gregory Page, 1st Baronet, who was a "merchant prince" with great wealth from the British East India Company. He died in 1735 and was succeeded by his son Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Baronet.

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High Sheriff of Oxfordshire
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Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Baronet

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Who was Sir Edward Turner, 1st Baronet?

British Baronet (1691-1735)

When was Sir Edward Turner, 1st Baronet born?

Sir Edward Turner, 1st Baronet was born on 6 October 1691.

When did Sir Edward Turner, 1st Baronet die?

Sir Edward Turner, 1st Baronet died on 19 June 1735.

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· Wikipedia: Sir Edward Turner, 1st Baronet

· Wikidata: Q11802862

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