Background
His father was William Turner (and another William Turner was his son). He was born at Wakefield on 20 September 1761.
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William Turner
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Education
He was educated at Warrington Academy (1777-1781) and Glasgow University (1781-1782).
Career
On 25 September 1782 he was ordained pastor of the Hanover Square congregation, Newcastle-on-Tyne. He ministered at Newcastle for fifty-nine years, retiring on 20 September 1841. He was a chief projector of the Newcastle branch of the Bible Society, and one of its secretaries till 1831.
Every benevolent and scientific interest in the town owed much to him.
From 1808 till his death he was visitor of Manchester College (then at York) and until 1840 he delivered the visitor"s annual address. Among the subscribers to a volume of his sermons published in 1838 appeared the names of two bishops, who by their action incurred some censure (see Edward Maltby).
He died at Lloyd Street, Greenheys, Manchester, on 24 April 1859, and was buried on 28 April in the graveyard of Upper Brook Street chapel. His portrait, by Morton, and his bust, by Bailey, were placed in the rooms of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle.
