Background
He was the fourth son of James Turle, organist of Westminster Abbey, and was born in York Road, Lambeth, on 23 July 1835.
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Henry Turle
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The family moved in September 1841 to live in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey, and on 31 March 1845 he was admitted as a chorister at Westminster School. Foreign the sake of his health, he spent from Christmas 1848 to the autumn of 1850 at the school of George Roberts at Lyme Regis. He was readmitted at Westminster on 3 October 1850.
From 1856 to 1863 Turle was a temporary clerk in a branch of the War Office in the Tower of London.
In 1872, when John Doran succeeded Thoms, Turle retained the position of sub-editors And on Doran"s death in 1878 he became editors
He was busy at work until his sudden death, from heart disease, on 28 June 1883, in his rooms at Lancaster House, The Savoy, London. Turle was buried on 3 July in the family grave in Norwood cemetery.
