Background
Turlington, Edgar was born on October 24, 1891 in Smithfield, North Carolina, United States. Son of Ira Thomas and Hortense Mary (Rose) Turlington.
Turlington, Edgar was born on October 24, 1891 in Smithfield, North Carolina, United States. Son of Ira Thomas and Hortense Mary (Rose) Turlington.
Bachelor of Arts, University of North Carolina, 1911. Rhodes scholar, University of Oxford, England, 1911-1914, Master of Arts and Bachelor of Civil Law, 1914 (1st class in Honor School of Jurisprudence, 1913).
June 18, 1926; children—Sylvia (Mistress Gerard K. O’Neill), Ellen Rigby (Mistress Eugene Johnston), Barbara. Instructor in Latin and English University North Carolina, 1915-1917. Special assistant Department of State, Washington, District of Columbia, 1918-1920, assistant solicitor, 1920-1925, assistant chief, Division of Near Eastern Affairs, 1925.
Detailed to Lausanne as legal adviser to American delegation to Conference on Near Eastern Affairs, 1923, to Constantinople as legal adviser to American High Commissioner, 1923.
Research associate Columbia University Committee on Research in Latin America, 1925-1928. Special counsel United States Agency, United States-Mexican Claims Communications, 1928-1930.
Legal adviser American ambassador, Habana, Cuba, 1930-1932. Acting professor of history and international relations, Clark University, 1932.
American member Joint Committee under United States-Mexican Convention, 1934, chief counsel Special Mexican Claims Commission, 1935-1938.
Member of advisory committee Harvard Research in International Law, 1935-1942. Chairman District of Columbia Bar, Commission to Study the Organisation of Peace, 1944-1945.
Member Roberts & McInnis, Washington, District of Columbia, 1940-1945, Peaslee, Turlington & Cowles, 1946-1947, Peaslee & Turlington, 1947-1953. Member Alabama Bar, American Society International Law (member board editors American Journal of International Law), American Bar Association (chairman section international and comparative law, 1945-1946.
Member ho delegations 1952), International Law Association, American Peace Society, Institute World Polity, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Upsilon, Alpha Tau Omega.
Clubs: Cosmos, Torch (Washington, District of Columbia).
Married Catherine Hackett. Children: Sylvia (Mistress Gerard K. O’Neill), Ellen Rigby (Mistress Eugene Johnston), Barbara.