Career
The son of Major G. H. Turner, he was educated at the Collegiate School, Victoria in British Columbia and at Street Augustine"s College, Canterbury. In 1912, he was ordained as a priest. He was a curate at Saint Paul"s Church, Cape Town from 1920 to 1922, and again from 1925 to 1927, then rector.
In 1939, he was appointed Bishop of Saint Helena.