Background
TURTON, Edmund Russborough was born on November 1, 1857. Son of late Edmund Turton and Lady Cecilia, daughter and heiress of 4th Earl of Milltown.
TURTON, Edmund Russborough was born on November 1, 1857. Son of late Edmund Turton and Lady Cecilia, daughter and heiress of 4th Earl of Milltown.
Eton; B. North Carolina (United States.) Oxford.
Under Secretary to Royal Commission on Industrial Schools and Reformatories, 18S1. Called to Bar, 1882; joined NorthEastern Circuit. Contested Thirsk and Malton Division, 1885.
Richmond Division of Yorkshire, 1886, 1892, and 1895. London County Councillor, 1892-1897. Succeeded to estates in Yorkshire and gave himself up to county work, 1896.
Chairman of North Riding Quarter Sessions. Director of North-Eastern Raihvay. Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith Railway.
York City and County Bank, and Yorkshire Insurance Company. Justice of the Peace, Deputy-Lieutenant, C.C.
Clubs: Brooks’s, St. James’, Yorkshire.