The Turing Baronets

This ancient family came originally to Scotland from France, and was settled in the county of Angus, in a barony called Turin, where they lived for several generations. The Turins appear, however, to have removed into Aberdeenshire about the beginning of the 14th century, as we find ADAM TURYN, or TURIN, mentioned in the reign of King ROBERT THE BRUCE, among the number "nobilium virorum ibidem existencium." 

His son, or nearest descendant, WILLIAM TURYN, having attached himself to the fortunes of DAVID II, King of Scotland, and shared that sovereign's exile, and having subsequently returned to Scotland in 1342, was in requital for his services and loyalty, invested with the barony of Foveran, or Foverne, in Aberdeenshire, which estate was held by his descendants for the space of three centuries, from father to son.

SIR WILLIAM TURING OF FOVERAN, son of Robert Turing of Foveran, was father of

JOHN;

Henry, ancestor of the 3rd Baronet.

The elder son,

JOHN TURING OF FOVERAN, wedded, in 1624, Barbara, daughter of George Gordon of Gight, and had issue,

GEORGE TURING, m, in 1652, Margaret Forbes.

At the time of the rebellion in the reign of CHARLES I, King of Scotland, JOHN TURING, the laird of Foveran, having, both by reason of consanguinity (his wife, the Lady of Foveran, a daughter of Gordon of Gight), as well as from community of faith, warmly espoused the cause, raised and maintained at his own expense a body of horse under the banner of his illustrious relative, the Marquess of Huntly.

This John Turing of Foveran, in acknowledgment of his aforementioned services, was created a baronet in 1638, designated of Foveran.

He was succeeded by his grandson,

SIR JOHN TURING, 2nd Baronet, who sold the family estate, and died unmarried in 1682.

Sir John was succeeded by his grandnephew,

THE REV SIR JOHN TURING, 3rd Baronet (1680-1733), Minister of Drumblade, Aberdeenshire, 1703-33, who married, in 1700, Jean, daughter of the Rev John Dunbar, and had issue,

ALEXANDER, his successor;

Robert;

Helen.

Sir John was succeeded by his elder son,

SIR ALEXANDER TURING, 4th Baronet (1702-82), who wedded, in 1740, Anna Brown, and had issue,

John, b 1742;

INGLIS, his successor;

ROBERT, succeeded his brother as 6th Baronet;

Arthur James.

Sir Alexander was succeeded by his elder son,

THE REV SIR INGLIS TURING, 5th Baronet (1743-91), Rector of St Thomas in the Vale, Jamaica, who died unmarried, when the title devolved upon his brother,

SIR ROBERT TURING, 6th Baronet (1745-1831), who wedded, in 1797, Anne, daughter of Colonel Donald Campbell, and had issue, two daughters,

Anna Amelia; Mary.

Sir Robert died without male issue, when the title reverted to his great-grandnephew,

SIR JAMES HENRY TURING, 7th Baronet (1791-1860), of Foveran, Aberdeenshire, who married, in 1821, Antoinette, second daughter of Sir Alexander Ferrier, Conservator of Scottish Privileges, consul at Rotterdam, and had issue,

John Alexander, died in infancy;

James Henry (1824-36);

ROBERT FRASER, his successor;

Alexander;

Edward;

Henry;

Antoinette Margaret Campbell; Salvadora Mary; Eliza; Amelia Ridley; Grace; Ellen; Isabella; Catherine.

Sir James was succeeded by his eldest surviving son,

SIR ROBERT FRASER TURING, 8th Baronet (1827-1913), HM Consul at Rotterdam, who wedded firstly, in 1853, Catherine Georgiana, daughter of Walter Stevenson Davidson, and had issue,

JAMES WALTER, his successor;

Catherine Antoinette; Blanche Amelia; Florence Ellen; Julia.

He espoused secondly, in 1906, Ethel Sophia, daughter of the Rev George Perry Ayscough.

Sir Robert was succeeded by his only son,

SIR WALTER JAMES TURING, 9th Baronet (1862-1928), who espoused, in 1891, Mabel Rose, daughter of Andrew Caldecott, and had issue,

ROBERT ANDREW HENRY, his successor;

JOHN LESLIE, succeeded his brother as 11th Baronet.

Sir Walter was succeeded by his elder son,

SIR ROBERT ANDREW TURING, 10th Baronet (1895-1970), Captain, Reserve Officers, Rifle Brigade, who died unmarried, when the title devolved upon his twin brother,

SIR JOHN LESLIE TURING, 11th Baronet (1895-1987), MC, Lieutenant, Seaforth Highlanders, who married, in 1975, Irene Nina, daughter of Trevor John Tatham, though the marriage was without issue, and the title reverted to his great-great-grandnephew, 

SIR (JOHN) DERMOT TURING, 12th Baronet (1961-), who married, in 1986, Nicola Jane, daughter of Malcolm Douglas Simmonds, and has issue,

John Malcolm Ferrier;

James Robert Edward.

ALAN MATHISON TURING OBE (1912-54) was an uncle of the 12th Baronet and descendant of the 1st Baronet.