- Llewellyn Turner
Sir Llewellyn Turner (
February 11 1823 –September 18 1903 ), was a Welsh politician and Deputy Constable ofCaernarfon Castle .He was born at Parkia,
Criccieth , the son of William Turner of Parkia, who had beenHigh Sheriff of bothCaernarfonshire (1823-24) andMerionethshire (1832-33). He was educated privately by RevH. D. Owen , DD.He served eleven consecutive years as Mayor of
Caernarfon from 1859 to 1870, and was Deputy Constable ofCaernarfon Castle .Commodore of the
Royal Welsh Yacht Club , in 1860 he received the thanks of theLord Commissioners of the Admiralty and of the Officers commanding the West Coast of England and Wales, for his exertions in promoting and keeping up the Reserve Forces of the Royal Navy.Knighted in 1870, he was appointed
High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire in 1886-87, forty three years after his father had held the same post.References
*"Debrett's Baronetage with Knightage, 1876", Dean & Sons, London, 1876
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