Robin Turton, Baron Tranmire
Thirsk and Malton | |
|---|---|
| In office 30 May 1929 – 8 February 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Edmund Turton |
| Succeeded by | John Spence |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Hugh Turton 8 August 1903 Kildale, North Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
| Died | 17 January 1994 (aged 90) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Eton College, Balliol College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Robert Hugh Turton, Baron Tranmire, DL (8 August 1903 – 17 January 1994) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Biography
The son of Major R B Turton of Kildale Hall, Kildale, North Riding of Yorkshire, Turton was educated at Eton College and at Balliol College, Oxford. He was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1926.
Turton joined the 4th Battalion of the
Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General 50th (N) Division, AAG GHQ MEF. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1942.[1]
Parliamentary career
At the
Thirsk and Malton, a seat which he held continuously until his retirement from the House of Commons at the February 1974 general election. Turton was Father of the House from 1965 to 1974. He attributed his election as an MP at the unusually young age of 25 to the death of his predecessor and kinsman Sir Edmund Turton, 1st Baronet three weeks before polling day and the local Conservative association not wanting to waste its "Vote For Turton" posters.[2]
Turton held ministerial office as
Privy Counsellor
in 1955.
In Parliament Turton was Chairman of the Select Committee on Procedure from 1970 to 1974. He was opposed to British membership of the
EEC.[3]
Honours
Turton was appointed a
He was appointed as
Deputy Lieutenant
for the North Riding of Yorkshire in 1962.
Family
Turton was cousin twice removed, not the uncle of Peter Bottomley, who became Father of the House after the 2019 general election.[6]
Arms
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References
- ^ "No. 35715". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 September 1942. p. 4154.
- Guinness Book of Records
- ^ David Butler and Uwe Kitzinger, The 1975 Referendum (London: Macmillan, 1976), p. 11, p. 100.
- ^ "No. 45384". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1971. p. 5963.
- ^ "No. 46289". The London Gazette. 14 May 1974. p. 5851.
- ISSN 0307-1235.
- ^ "Life Peerages – T". Cracroft's Peerage: The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage. Heraldic Media Ltd. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
