Career
Turner and the Stone were on board the recently captured French ship HMS Egyptienne when it made its way to England. He claimed that he had personally seized the Stone from General Jacques-François Menou and carried it away on a gun carriage. He also asserted that when the French learned of his intentions, that they removed the packaging for the Stone and that "it was thrown upon its face".
There are other versions of how the English forces captured the Stone from the French, so it is unknown how reliable his account is.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in December 1804.