Turing Baronets

The Turing Baronetcy, of Foveran in the County of Aberdeen, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created in 1638 for John Turing. He was a supporter of Charles I and was taken prisoner by the Covenanters in 1639. In 1651 he fought at the Battle of Worcester. The Turing family descends from Sir William Turing, a supporter of David II, who was granted the barony of Foveran in Aberdeenshire by the king.

The cryptographer and computing pioneer Alan Turing was the uncle of the twelfth Baronet.

Turing Baronets, of Foveran (1638)

*Sir John Turing, 1st Baronet (c. 1595-1662)
*Sir John Turing, 2nd Baronet (d. 1682)
*Sir John Turing, 3rd Baronet (1680-1733)
*Sir Alexander Turing, 4th Baronet (1702-1782)
*Sir Inglis Turing, 5th Baronet (1743-1791)
*Sir Robert Turing, 6th Baronet (1745-1831)
*Sir James Henry Turing, 7th Baronet (1791-1860)
*Sir Robert Fraser Turing, 8th Baronet (1827-1913)
*Sir James Walter Turing, 9th Baronet (1862-1928)
*Sir Robert Andrew Henry Turing, 10th Baronet (1895-1970)
*Sir John Leslie Turing, 11th Baronet (1895-1987)
*Sir John Dermot Turing, 12th Baronet (b. 1961)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]