Background
Turner was born John Frewen in Sapcote, Leicestershire, the son of the Rev Thomas and Esther née Simpkin Frewen and educated at Rugby School and Queen"s College, Oxford, where he was awarded Bachelor in 1778.
Turner was born John Frewen in Sapcote, Leicestershire, the son of the Rev Thomas and Esther née Simpkin Frewen and educated at Rugby School and Queen"s College, Oxford, where he was awarded Bachelor in 1778.
He inherited Cold Overton Hall, Leicestershire on the death of his father in 1791. The family had adopted the arms and surname of the Turner family when they inherited the hall from the Turner family in 1777. In 1779 he was admitted to the Middle Temple and served as High Sheriff of Leicestershire for 1791.
He became Lieutenant-Colonel of Leicestershire Yeomanry and Member of Parliament for Athlone, Westmeath from 1807 to 1812.
He died at Coventry in 1829. Mary would frequently stay with them at their home in Cold Overton.
They were the parents of politician Charles Frewen.
4th United Kingdom Parliament.