John Turner (archdeacon of Basingstoke)

John Carpenter Turner[1] (12 November 1867 – 9 February 1952) was Archdeacon of Basingstoke from 1927 until 1947.

[2] Turner was educated at Cavendish College, Cambridge; and ordained Deacon in 1890, and Priest in 1891.

[3] After a curacy in Ryde he was Vicar of Whitchurch from 1899 to 1910; and Rector of Overton from 1910 to 1934.

[4] In 1892 he married Elsie Maud Hewitt:[5] they had three children, one of whom was killed during the First World War.

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