James Aspinall Turner (1797 – 28 September 1867) was a British businessman, entomologist and Whig politician.
He was the son of John Turner of Mayfield, near Bolton, and his wife, Elizabeth Aspinall of Liverpool.
The association, of which he was president, was a protectionist body that broke away from the pro-free trade Manchester Chamber of Commerce.
[3] In the mid-nineteenth century the parliamentary borough of Manchester was represented by two Radical members of parliament, John Bright and Thomas Milner Gibson.
He founded the Manchester Field Naturalist Club, and was a member of the Royal Entomological Society.