Background
Dawson Palgrave Turner was born on 15 December 1846 in Calcutta, India. He was the son of Gurney Turner (1813 to 1848) and Mary Anne Hamilton Mowatt.
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He attended Rugby School.
Career
Turner, having played rugby at school, went on to play for Richmond F.C., one of the clubs of choice for Old Rugbeians. Turner made his international debut on 27 March 1871 at Edinburgh in the Scotland vs England match. Of the 6 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on 3 occasions and he played in the first five matches against Scotland, the only man to do southern
He was described as a "desperately hardworking forward, always keen and untiring" and "regardless of risk or danger".
He played his final match for England on 8 March 1875 at Edinburgh in the Scotland vs England match. They had at least two children, Harold Palgrave Turner (born 1872 in London) and Mary Hamilton Turner (born 1873 in Peterborough, Canada West).
He died in March 1909 in England.
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