TURNOR
,
DAVID
(
1751?
-
1799
),
cleric and agriculturist
;
son of
John
Turnor
of
Crug-mawr
,
Llangoedmor, Cards.
(d.
1775
), by his wife
Margaret
Gyon
of
Ffynnon Coranau, Pembs.
He was educated at
Oxford
(matriculated from
Christ Church
,
22 May 1767
, aged 16,
B.A.
1771
,
M.A.
of
Cambridge
), and ordained
deacon
,
7 March 1773
, and
priest
,
21 Sept. 1774
. He served the
curacy
of
Penrhyn
and
Betws Evan, Cards.
, and was chaplain to the
earl of Cawdor
,
rector
of
Rudbaxton
,
1790-7
,
rural dean
of
Dungleddy
,
1795
,
vicar
of
Penrhyn
,
1796-9
, and
rector
of
Manordivy
,
1797-9
. He was a
magistrate
in
Cardiganshire
and one of
the founders of the
Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture and Industry
in the county,
1790
, taking
particular interest in land drainage and plantation
. With
Thomas
Lloyd
of
Bronwydd
he was
author
of
A General View of Agriculture of the County of Cardigan
,
1794
. He purchased
Wervilbrook
in the parish of
Llangrannog
, and
built the mansion
there. He d.
7 March 1799
, and was buried at
Llangoedmor
. His wife (d.
1802
) was
Catherine
, daughter of
William
Haygarth
,
rector
of
Enham
and
Upton Grey, Hants.
His brother,
JOHN
TURNOR
, distinguished himself in the
Royal Navy
, and was
captain
of
H.M.S.
Trident
when he d. off
Prince of Wales Island
,
2 Jan. 1801
, aged 42. Another brother,
LEWIS
TURNOR
, was
in holy orders
(matriculated at
Jesus College
,
Oxford
,
17 Dec. 1777
, aged 20). He purchased
Wervilbrook
,
1802
, and continued his brother's
agricultural interests
, subscribing towards the
Agricultural Society
, and winning its premiums. He d. in
1834
.
Bibliography:
-
Foster
,
Alumni Oxonienses
;
-
Cambrian Register
, three volumes,
1795–1818
., III, 177-81;
-
S. R. Meyrick
,
The History and Antiquities of the County of
Cardigan
, 1808; another edition, 1907
, ii, 177-9, 230-2;
- Reports of the Agricultural Society.
Author:
Evan David Jones, F.S.A., (1903-87), Aberystwyth
