John Turner (bishop)

John Matthias Turner was an eminent Anglican priest ^[1] in the first half of the 19th century.^[2]

Having proceeded Oxford Master of Arts (MA Oxon),^[3] he became Vicar of Abingdon^[4] then Rector of Winslow^[5] before being appointed to the episcopate as Bishop of Calcutta in 1829. He died in post in the summer of 1831 and was interred on 8 July;^[6] he had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD)^[7]

References

1. The Times, Saturday, 3 Apr 1880; pg. 9; Issue 29846; col G The Late Bishop Milman
2. Anglican History
3. The Derby Mercury (Derby, England), Thursday, 17 May 1804; Issue 3762
4. The Morning Post(London, England), Monday, 14 April 1823; Issue 16249. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
5. The Bury and Norwich Post: Or, Suffolk and Norfolk Telegraph, Essex, Cambridge, & Ely Intelligencer (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Wednesday, 25 February 1829; Issue 2435. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
6. Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries . The Sheffield Independent, and Yorkshire and Derbyshire Advertiser (Sheffield, England), Saturday,1831; Issue 554. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
7. The Times, Monday, 23 Feb 1829; pg. 2; Issue 13845; col F Oxford University Intelligence