Algernon Turnor by John Samuelson (Samuel) Templeton circa 1849

Algernon Turnor CB JP (14 November 1845 – 11 December 1921), CB,[1] was a British civil servant who was financial secretary to the British General Post Office. He was the third son of Christopher Turnor (MP) and Lady Caroline Finch-Hatton, daughter of 10th Earl of Winchilsea and Lady Charlotte Graham, daughter of 3rd Duke of Montrose.

Algernon Turnor married Lady Henrietta, daughter of Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway and Lady Harriet Blanche Somerset, daughter of Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort, on 3 August 1880.[2]One of his son, Major Herbert Broke Turnor (1885-1969) married Lady Enid Fane, they were parents of Rosemary Sybil Turnor, who married Alastair McCorquodale, their son in turn was Neil McCorquodale who married Lady Sarah Spencer (eldest sister to Diana, Princess of Wales).

His son Major Herbert Broke Turnor would later inherited the Turnor family's estate.[3]

Turnor was the Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield in 1874. Correspondence between Turnor and Lord Beaconsfield is held is the special collections of the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.[4] A significant amount of material relating to Turnor's position at the Post Office is held by the British Postal Museum & Archive.

References

  1. ↑ "Whos Who 1914, Page 2150 | Document Viewer". Mocavo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  2. ↑ The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: being a complete table of all the ... 1994.
  3. ↑ "History and Heritage". Stoke Rochford Hall Hotel & Golf Resort. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Turnor, Algernon (1845-1921) Civil Servant | The National Archives". Discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2016.


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