Edmund Turnor
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Edmond Turnor was an English Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
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 politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880.

Turnor was the son of Christopher Turnor, M.P. for South Lincolnshire
South Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)
South Lincolnshire, formally called the Southern Division of Lincolnshire or Parts of Kesteven and Holland, was a county constituency in Lincolnshire...

 1841-7, and his wife Lady Caroline Finch-Hatton, daughter of George Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchilsea
George Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchilsea
George William Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchilsea, 5th Earl of Nottingham , politician.Hatton, born at Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire, on 19 May 1791, was grandson of Edward Finch-Hatton, and son of George Finch-Hatton of Eastwell Park, near Ashford, Kent, M.P...

. He was educated at Harrow School
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 and at Christ Church, Oxford
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, graduating B.A. in 1860. He was a Deputy Lieutenant
Deputy Lieutenant
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 of Lincolnshire, and a J.P.
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 for parts of Kesteven and Lindsey in Lincolnshire

Turnor was elected as a Member of Parliament
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 (MP) for Grantham
Grantham (UK Parliament constituency)
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 at a by-election in April 1868. At the 1868 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1868
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 Turnor was elected MP for South Lincolnshire
South Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)
South Lincolnshire, formally called the Southern Division of Lincolnshire or Parts of Kesteven and Holland, was a county constituency in Lincolnshire...

. He held the seat until 1880.

Turnor died at the age of 65.

Turnor married Lady Mary Katherine Gordon, daughter of Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly
Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly
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 in 1866.

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