Thomas Turton


Thomas Turton
Bishop of Ely
Thomas Turton by Henry William Pickersgill
DioceseEly
In office1845–1864
PredecessorJoseph Allen
SuccessorHarold Browne
Other post(s)Dean of Peterborough (1830–1842)
Dean of Westminster (1842–1845)
Personal details
Born(1780-02-25)25 February 1780
Died7 January 1864(1864-01-07) (aged 83)
Ely House, Dover Street, London, England
BuriedKensal Green Cemetery
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
Alma materQueens' 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]

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