Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Baronet (28 April 1719 – 31 October 1766) was an English Whig politician who sat in the Parliament of Great Britain from 1741 to 1766.

Turner died in 1766 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Sir Gregory Page-Turner, 3rd Baronet.

[1] The park was ornamented with lakes and statues, and the drive to the house was along a semicircular avenue of trees.

[1] Cassandra's uncle Dr. Leigh and other wits and learned men from the University of Oxford were frequent visitors.

[1] It runs across level ground but its course undulates at regular intervals, apparently intended to help draught animals pull vehicles.

In 1740 Sir James Harington, 6th Baronet, who had accrued large debts by gambling, mortgaged his estate at Merton to Turner.

Both they and their Tory opponents for the 1754 Oxfordshire election spent great sums of money on their campaigns, including providing lavish hospitality for electors to try to win their votes.