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Turnour (family)
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History
The Turnour family traces its lineage to Sir Edward Turnour (d. 1675) a lawyer, Speaker of the House of Commons and Solicitor General in the Reign of Charles II. The first Earl of Winterton was Sir Edward's grandson, Edward Turnour Garth, elevated to the peerage in 1761. The family held extensive estates in England and Ireland.