George James Turner

Sir George James Turner, FRS (5 February 1798 – 9 July 1867) was an English barrister, politician and judge.

George was educated at Charterhouse School and then at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where his uncle Joseph Turner was Master.

In 1847 he was elected, in the Conservative interest, Member of Parliament for Coventry, and represented the borough until his promotion to the bench in April 1851.

[2] Turner was a bencher of Lincoln's Inn, a governor of Charterhouse School, and a Fellow of the Royal Society.

As a judge he opposed attempts to narrow the limits of the jurisdiction of the chancery court, and made efforts to expand its remedial powers to meet contemporary developments.