who was Anne, daughter of Sir John Harrison, and elder sister to Margaret, the wife of Sir Edmund Turnor, before-mentioned. From the same source Mr. Turnor communicated some extensive extracts to Mr. Seward's collection of Anecdotes.

In the same year he printed, in an elegant little volume, "Characters of Eminent Men in the Reigns of Charles I. and II. including the Rebellion. From the Works of Lord Chancellor Clarendon."

In 1801 Mr. Turnor furnished the Society of Antiquaries with some "Remarks on the Military History of Bristol in the Seventeenth Century *" where his ancestor, afterwards Sir Edmund Turnor, was treasurer of the garrison for Charles the First; and in 1802 with "A Declaration of the Diet and Particular Fare of King Charles the First, when Duke of York," from a manuscript in vellum, in the possession of his brother-in-law Sir William Foulis, the descendant and representative of Sir David Foulis, the Prince's Cofferer t.

He

At the close of the year 1802 Mr. Turnor was elected to Parliament for the borough of Midhurst; but he sat only until the dissolution in 1806. served the office of High Sheriff for Lincolnshire in 1810-11; and for a long period acted in the commission of the peace for that county. As he was well versed in the laws of his country, and was cool, judicious, and accessible, his retirement, some years before his death, from the duties of a magistrate, was a matter of regret to his neighbourhood. He has been known to express his dislike of the character of an over-zealous magistrate, but no one more exhibited in his own person the just and useful one.

Having for a considerable time made the topography of his neighbourhood his study, in 1806 Mr. Turnor published the result of his researches in a

* These were read June 11 and 18 that year, and, with a plate giving a plan of the Outworks, were printed in the Archæologia, vol. XIV. pp. 119-131.

+ It is printed in the Archæologia, vol. XV. pp. 1-12.

handsome quarto volume, under the title of "Collections for the History of the Town and Soke of Grantham; containing authentic Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton, now first published from the original MSS. in the possession of the Earl of Portsmouth *.'

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Mr. Turnor is believed to have been the editor of "A Short View of the Proceedings in the County of Lincoln, for a limited exportation of Wool," printed in 4to, 1824.

In 1825 he furnished the Antiquaries with an "Account of the Remains of a Roman Bath near Stoke in Lincolnshire +;" and only a fortnight before his death he announced some further discoveries of a similar nature in the same neighbourhood, which had been investigated by his brotherin-law Sir Philip Vere Broke.

Mr. Turnor was twice married, firstly, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Philip Broke, Esq. of Nacton, Suffolk, and sister to Captain Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, Bart. K. C. B. and to Lieut.-Colonel Sir Charles Broke Vere, K. C. B. By this lady, who died Jan. 21, 1801, he had one daughter, Elizabeth-Edmunda, the wife of Frederick Manning, Esq. His second marriage, March 22, 1803, was with Dorothea, third daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Tucker, and sister to Captain Sir Edward Tucker, K. C. B. by whom he had: Mary-Henrietta, who died in 1815 at the age of eleven; Edmund, who died at Eton-school in 1821, at the age of fourteen §; Algernon and Sophia, who died infants in

* This work has a long review in the Gentleman's Magazine, vol. LXXVI. pp. 529-535, and in the Monthly Review, vol. LVI. pp. 396-407.

† Printed, with three plates, in the Archæologia, XXII.26-32. Sir Philip's fourth son was named Edmund-Turnor; he died July 12, 1829, in his ninth year.

§ His epitaph and character by his tutor the Rev. C. S. Hawtrey, were printed as a leaf to be inserted in the History of Grantham, pp. 135*, 136*. See also the Gentleman's Magazine, vol. XCI. i. 283, 549. Another addition which Mr. Turnor made to the copies of his History in the libraries of his friends, was a plate of the tomb of Henry Rocheford, Esq.

1807 and 1818; and five sons and two daughters, who survive, Christopher, a Fellow-commoner of Trinity-college, Cambridge; Cecil, a Commoner of Brasennose-college, Oxford; Algernon, HenryMartin, Philip-Broke, Charlotte, and Harriet.

Mr. Turnor died at Stoke Rochford, March 19, 1829, aged 74; and his remains were there interred in the family vault, which was erected in 1801. He had also built for himself an altar-tomb in the wall of the chancel, decorated in front with angels, and divided by Gothic compartments; and over it a Gothic arch, ornamented with foliage, roses, &c. The following character of Mr. Turnor is from the pen of a near relation:

"To form a distinguished character two things are requisite, talent and mental exertion; Mr. Turnor was certainly blessed with the former. His mind was comprehensive, his judgment discriminating and accurate, and to these advantages he added a just and well-cultivated taste. His favourite pursuits were antiquarian research and the fine arts; and, had his dili gence been commensurate with the powers of his mind, he might have ranked very high among the votaries of those refined and elegant studies. He possessed, however, a considerable share of knowledge on these and other subjects of inquiry, derived from books and frequent intercourse with men of taste and learning, in whose society he took particular pleasure. Amongst his numerous friends and associates were Gough, Grose, the Lysons', Seward, Bennet Langton, Dr. Kippis, and Sir Joseph Banks, with the last of whom he lived for many years in habits of close friendship and intimacy. Though he inherited a considerable patrimony, he did not, like many others in a similar situation, indulge in gay, fashionable, and frivolous pursuits. His leisure hours were generally employed in reading, and in conversation and correspondence with learned friends. In proof of his attachment to the fine arts, Stoke Rochford, his favourite residence, and which

he greatly improved, will long remain a monument of his taste for landscape. He looked at Nature with a picturesque eye, instantly discovering her beauties and defects; the former he knew how to heighten and improve, the latter how to remedy and conceal. Refined and rational, however, as his pursuits were, they did not wholly engross his thoughts. His mind was very susceptible of benevolent impressions. In the relations of husband and father his conduct was exemplary; and, though he is now, by the course of nature, separated from his family, he still lives in their affection and esteem. He was also a kind and considerate landlord; but his benevolence was not confined to his family and tenants; he took an interest in the public good. In the year 1824 he founded a national school on the system of the celebrated Dr. Bell, at Colsterworth in the county of Lincoln, for the religious education of poor children in that parish, and the adjoining hamlet of Woolsthorpe, and the parishes of North Stoke and South Stoke, generally called Stoke Rochford, and Skillington, in the same county. This foundation (the particulars of which are detailed in the endowment made by a codicil to his will) consists of an excellent school-room newly built, and a very commodious house and garden for the school-master adjoining it. The advantages derivable from this valuable institution he anticipated with the greatest satisfaction; may his anticipations be realized! may the present and future generations evince their gratitude to their benefactor, by their advancement in religious knowledge and a corresponding improvement in life and conduct!"

"SIR,

1. Mr. TURNOR to Mr. NICHOLS.

Stoke Rochford, April 15, 1803. "I return you thanks for your obliging congratulations, and for the perusal of the proof sheets respecting Gaddesby *. I have

* In the History of Leicestershire.

made a few corrections to the pedigree of Smith; and have sent the sheets to Mr. Samuel Smith*, requesting him to forward them to you. The Smith property, not having been the manor, is not mentioned; but, as it was in consequence of that property that Thomas Smith was High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1717, the pedigree of the family seems to come in with propriety. I suspect it went to the daughters of Thomas Smith by his first wife, but am not certain.

"I have not an accurate description of the arms and crest of Smith, but it may be seen in the Peerage. I am, Sir, "Your obliged and obedient servant, EDM. TURNOR, Jun."

2. "SIR, Stoke Rochford, July 5, 1804. "Inclosed you will receive payment for the History of Lei-, cestershire. Like a giant refreshed, you renew the attack with redoubled ardour; the last volume appears to me to yield to none of the former in interest and information.

"I am, Sir, your obedient servant, EDM. TURNOR."

3. Mr. TURNOR to RICHARD GOUGH, Esq. "DEAR SIR, Clea, near Grimsby, Sept. 20, 1804. "Having succeeded in my application for copies and extracts of certain papers respecting Sir Isaac Newton, from Hertsbornepark, I have began to print my Collections for the Soke of Grantham. Your additions to Camden have furnished me with much information; and, although my book will profess to be only Collections, yet in the progress of it one cannot help feeling a desire to make it as complete as possible. With a view, therefore, to its further improvement, I hope you will allow me to inclose a few queries, which, it is very probable, you may have the goodness to answer at your leisure. If it be convenient to let me hear from you in the course of this month, I will beg of you to direct to Panton, near Lincoln; if after that time, to Stoke, near Colsterworth. I am, dear Sir,

"Your very obedient servant,

4. "DEAR SIR,

Having a spare sheet of Dr. Stukeley's letter to Dr. Mead (of part of which you have a transcript) I venture to send it to you, though dirty from the press. My book, slim and meagre as it will be, will not be out till October; if you will deign to look at it, I must, in a particular manner, crave your candour.

"I am going to-morrow to Panton, near Lincoln, where it will be a pleasure to me to hear that you are in good health. I am, dear Sir, your very obedient servant, EDM. TURNOR."

* Mr. Turnor's brother-in-law; see p. 594.