Thomas Turton - Wikipedia

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 post(s)	Dean of Peterborough (1830–1842) Dean of Westminster (1842–1845)
Personal details
Born	(1780-02-25)25 February 1780 Hatfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	7 January 1864(1864-01-07) (aged 83) Ely House, Dover Street, London, England
Buried	Kensal Green Cemetery
Nationality	British
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

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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 is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.^[4]

Works

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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

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^ 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

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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

Lucasian Professors of Mathematics

v t e Regius Professors of Divinity
University of Oxford	Richard Smyth Peter Martyr Richard Smyth Juan de Villagarcia Richard Smyth Lawrence Humphrey Thomas Holland Robert Abbot John Prideaux Robert Sanderson Robert Crosse Joshua Hoyle John Conant Robert Sanderson William Creed Richard Allestree William Jane John Potter George Rye John Fanshawe Edward Bentham Benjamin Wheeler John Randolph Charles Henry Hall William Howley William Van Mildert Frodsham Hodson Charles Lloyd Edward Burton Renn Hampden William Jacobson Robert Payne Smith James Bowling Mozley William Ince Henry Scott Holland Arthur Headlam Henry Leighton Goudge Oliver Chase Quick Leonard Hodgson Henry Chadwick Maurice Wiles Keith Ward Marilyn McCord Adams Graham Ward
University of Cambridge	Edward Wigan John Madew Martin Bucer John Young Thomas Sedgwick James Pilkington Leonard Pilkington Matthew Hutton John Whitgift William Chaderton William Whitaker John Overall John Richardson Samuel Collins John Arrowsmith Anthony Tuckney Peter Gunning Joseph Beaumont Henry James Richard Bentley John Whalley John Green Thomas Rutherforth Richard Watson John Kaye Thomas Turton Alfred Ollivant James Amiraux Jeremie Brooke Foss Westcott Henry Barclay Swete Vincent Henry Stanton Alexander Nairne Charles Earle Raven Arthur Michael Ramsey John Burnaby Edward C. Ratcliff Dennis Eric Nineham Geoffrey Hugo Lampe Henry Chadwick Stephen Sykes David Frank Ford Ian Alexander McFarland David Fergusson
Trinity College Dublin	Luke Challoner James Ussher Samuel Ward Joshua Hoyle Richard Lingard Michael Ward William Palliser George Browne Owen Lloyd Richard Baldwin Claudius Gilbert Henry Clarke John Pellisier John Lawson James Drought Richard Graves Charles Richard Elrington Joseph Henderson Singer Samuel Butcher George Salmon John Gwynn John Ernest Leonard Oulton Richard Randall Hartford Hugh Frederic Woodhouse

v t e Bishops of Ely
High Medieval	Hervey le Breton Nigel Geoffrey Ridel William de Longchamp Eustace Robert of York John of Fountains Geoffrey de Burgh Hugh of Northwold William of Kilkenny Hugh de Balsham John Kirkby William of Louth John Salmon/John Langton Ralph Walpole
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

Deans of Peterborough

Early modern

Late modern

Westminster Abbey

Deans

Early modern	William Benson Richard Cox Hugh Weston William Bill Gabriel Goodman Lancelot Andrewes Richard Neile George Montaigne Robert Tounson John Williams Richard Steward John Earle John Dolben Thomas Sprat Francis Atterbury Samuel Bradford Joseph Wilcocks Zachary Pearce John Thomas Samuel Horsley
Late modern	William Vincent John Ireland Thomas Turton Samuel Wilberforce William Buckland Richard Chenevix Trench Arthur Penrhyn Stanley George Granville Bradley Armitage Robinson Herbert Edward Ryle William Foxley Norris Paul de Labilliere Alan Don Eric Abbott Edward Carpenter Michael Mayne Wesley Carr John Hall David Hoyle