Turing baronets explained

Shield:	Argent on a bend Sable three boar’s heads Or.
Crest:	A hand holding a helmet Proper.
Supporters:	Two stags Proper.
Motto:	Latin: [[Audentes Fortuna Juvat]] ("Fortune favours the bold")^[1]

The Turing Baronetcy, of Foveran in the County of Aberdeen, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia.^[2] It was created in 1638 for John Turing, who was granted the baronetsy of Foveran in Aberdeenshire by the King. He was a supporter of King Charles I and was taken prisoner by the Covenanters in 1639. In 1651, he fought at the Battle of Worcester. The Turing family descends from Sir William Turing, a supporter of David II (1329–1371).

The cryptographer and computing pioneer Alan Turing was the uncle of the twelfth Baronet.^{[3] [4]}

Turing baronets, of Foveran (1638)

The following have been Turing baronets:

• Sir John Turing, 1st Baronet (died 1662), created Baronet by the king
• Sir John Turing, 2nd Baronet (died 1682), grandson of his predecessor
• Sir John Turing, 3rd Baronet (1680–1733), grandnephew of the 1st Baronet
• Sir Alexander Turing, 4th Baronet (1702–1782), son of his predecessor
• Sir Inglis Turing, 5th Baronet (1743–1791), son of his predecessor
• Sir Robert Turing, 6th Baronet (1745–1831), brother of his predecessor
• Sir James Henry Turing, 7th Baronet (1791–1860), great-grandnephew of the 3rd Baronet
• Sir Robert Fraser Turing, 8th Baronet (1827–1913), son of his predecessor
• Sir James Walter Turing, 9th Baronet (1862–1928), son of his predecessor
• Sir Robert Andrew Henry Turing, 10th Baronet (1895–1970), son of his predecessor
• Sir John Leslie Turing, 11th Baronet (1895–1987), (younger twin) brother of his predecessor
• Sir John Dermot Turing, 12th Baronet (born 1961), great-great-grandnephew of the 7th Baronet
  • Heir Apparent: John Malcolm Ferrier Turing (born 1988), son
  • Second in line: James Robert Edward Turing (born 1991), son

Family tree

The Turing baronets are related as follows:

Notes and References

1. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage, 1903
2. Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.,
3. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 2003, vol. 3, p. 3957
4. Web site: An interview with Dermot Turing: Alan Turing's nephew . . UK . 5 October 2016 .