Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner | |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Bedford |
Term Start: | 3 February 1874 |
Term End: | 1 April 1880 |
Predecessor: | Samuel Whitbread James Howard |
Alongside: | Samuel Whitbread |
Successor: | Samuel Whitbread Charles Magniac |
Birth Date: | 14 March 1826 |
Birthname: | Frederick Charles Polhill |
Residence: | Howbury Hall, Renhold, Bedfordshire |
Nationality: | British |
Party: | Conservative |
Children: | Arthur Twistleton Polhill-Turner Cecil Henry Polhill-Turner |
Parents: | Frederick Polhill Frances Margarette Deakin |
Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner (14 March 1826 – 18 August 1881), known as Frederick Polhill until 1853, was a British Conservative politician.
After three unsuccessful attempts in April 1859, June 1859 and 1868, Polhill-Turner was elected MP for Bedford in 1874, but was defeated at the next election in 1880.[1]
Polhill-Turner served in the 6th Dragoon Guards - also known as the Carabiniers - and in 1848 became a captain. He then retired in 1852. In 1860, he became Captain of the Duke of Manchester's Mounted Volunteers.[2]
Polhill-Turner was the son of former Bedford MP, Frederick Polhill and Frances Margaretta Deakin. In 1852, he married Emily Frances Barron, daughter of Henry Barron and Anna-Leigh Guy Page-Turner. They were parents to Cecil Polhill and Arthur Polhill.He assumed the additional surname of Turner in 1853.[2] [3]
Polhill-Turner was also a Justice of the Peace and, in 1855, became High Sheriff of Bedfordshire.[2] [3]