Thomas Turton

The Right Reverend

Thomas Turton
The Right Reverend; Thomas Turton
Bishop of Ely
	Thomas Turton by Henry William Pickersgill
Diocese	Ely
In office	1845–1864
Predecessor	Joseph Allen
Successor	Harold Browne
Other posts	Dean of Peterborough (1830–1842); Dean of Westminster (1842–1845)
Personal details
Born	25 February 1780; Hatfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	7 January 1864 (aged 83); Ely House, Dover Street, London, England
Buried	Kensal Green Cemetery
Denomination	Anglican
Alma mater	Queens' College, Cambridge; St Catharine's College, Cambridge

Thomas Turton (25 February 1780 – 7 January 1864) was an English academic and divine, the Bishop of Ely from 1845 to 1864.^[1]

Life

Thomas Turton was son of Thomas and Ann Turton of Hatfield, West Riding. He was admitted to Queens' College, Cambridge, in 1801 but migrated to St Catharine's College in 1804. In 1805 he graduated BA as senior wrangler and equal Smith's Prizeman.^[2] Elected a fellow of St Catharine's in 1806, he was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics from 1822 to 1826 and Regius Professor of Divinity from 1827 to 1842.^[3]

After various other clerical appointments, Turton was Dean of Peterborough from 1830 to 1842, Dean of Westminster from 1842 to 1845 and Bishop of Ely from 1845 to 1864. He wrote the tune "Ely" to the office hymn 'O God, thy loving care for man' (New English Hymnal 221).

He is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.^[4]

Works

1834: Thoughts on the Admission of Persons without Regard to their Religious Opinions to Certain Degrees in the Universities of England, Cambridge: The Pitt Press
The Text of the English Bible
The Roman Catholic doctrine of the Eucharist considered

References

↑ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Turton, Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 57. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 377.
↑ "Turton, Thomas (TRTN801T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Jones, W. H. S. (1936). A History of St Catharine's College, Cambridge: Once Catharine Hall, Cambridge. p. 195.
↑ Paths of Glory. Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery. 1997. p. 100.

Sources

Frost, Maurice, ed. (1962). Historical Companion to Hymns Ancient & Modern. London: William Clowes & Sons Ltd.
Robert Bruen (2008). "Lucasian Chair: Thomas Turton". Lucasian Chair.org. Retrieved 2 April 2008.

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Academic offices

Preceded by

Robert Woodhouse

Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge
1822–1826

Succeeded by

George Biddell Airy

Preceded by

John Kaye

Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge
1827–1842

Succeeded by

Alfred Ollivant

Church of England titles

Preceded by

James Henry Monk

Dean of Peterborough
1830–1842

Succeeded by

George Butler

Preceded by

John Ireland

Dean of Westminster
1842–1845

Succeeded by

Samuel Wilberforce

Preceded by

Joseph Allen

Bishop of Ely
1845–1864

Succeeded by

Harold Browne

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[1] Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Turton, Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 57. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 377.

[2] "Turton, Thomas (TRTN801T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[3] Jones, W. H. S. (1936). A History of St Catharine's College, Cambridge: Once Catharine Hall, Cambridge. p. 195.

[Paths-4] Paths of Glory. Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery. 1997. p. 100.

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Late Medieval	Robert Orford John Ketton John Hotham Simon Montacute Thomas de Lisle Simon Langham John Barnet Thomas Arundel John Fordham Philip Morgan Lewis of Luxembourg Thomas Bourchier William Grey John Morton John Alcock
Early modern	Richard Redman James Stanley Nicholas West Thomas Goodrich Thomas Thirlby Richard Cox Martin Heton Lancelot Andrewes Nicholas Felton John Buckeridge Francis White Matthew Wren Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Matthew Wren Benjamin Lany Peter Gunning Francis Turner Simon Patrick John Moore William Fleetwood Thomas Green Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Matthias Mawson Edmund Keene James Yorke
Late modern	Thomas Dampier Bowyer Sparke Joseph Allen Thomas Turton Harold Browne James Woodford Lord Alwyne Compton Frederic Chase Leonard White-Thomson Bernard Heywood Edward Wynn Noel Hudson Edward Roberts Peter Walker Stephen Sykes Anthony Russell Stephen Conway Sarah Clark (announced)

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Thomas Turton

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