Family and Education
bap. 11 June 1666, 1st s. of William Turner, attorney-at-law, of North Elmham, Norf. by Anne, da. of John Spooner of North Elmham; bro. of John Turner*. educ. Scarning and Norwich; Caius, Camb. 1681; M. Temple 1684. m. (1) Apr. 1689, Mary (d. 1701), da. of Robert Walpole I*, sis. of Galfridus†, Horatio II* and Robert Walpole II*, 1s. d.v.p. 4da.; (2) by 1705, Mary, da. of Sir William Blois of Grundisburgh Hall, Suff., wid. of Sir Nevil Catelyn† of Kirby Cane and Wingfield Castle, Suff., s.p. suc. fa. 1679; Kntd. 22 Mar. 1696; cr. Bt. 27 Apr. 1727. Blomefield’s Norf. Supp. ed. Ingleby, 161; Carthew, Hundred of Launditch, iii. 129; Camb. Univ. Lib. Cholmondeley (Houghton) mss, Turner to [Robert Walpole], 19 Sept. 1705.
Offices Held
Receiver-gen. for poll tax, Norf. and Norwich 1689; ld. of Trade 1708–12, Admiralty Oct. 1714–17, Treasury 1720–30; teller of Exchequer 1729–d.
Freeman, King’s Lynn 1695, Great Yarmouth 1728.
Chairman, cttees. of supply and ways and means 1728–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: King’s Lynn, Warham and Kirby Cane, Norf.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
TURNER, Charles (1666-1738)
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