Henry Frederic TURLE

23rd Jul 1835 - 28th Jun 18836,3

Literary Editor of Notes and Queries3

Life History

23rd Jul 1835	Born in York Road, Lambeth
19th Aug 1835	Baptised in St Mary, Lambeth.1
6th Jun 1841	Recorded in census in Lambeth, Surrey (York Road, Lambeth, Surrey).2
from Sep 1841	Resident in The Cloisters, Westminster, London
from 31st Mar 1845 to Dec 1848	Educated Westminster School.3 chorister; under Dr Williamson and Dr Liddell
from Dec 1848 to 1850	Educated school of George Roberts in Lyme Regis, Dorset.3 on account of his health
from 3rd Oct 1850	Educated Westminster School.3 chorister; under Dr Williamson and Dr Liddell
30th Mar 1851	Occupation scholar in Westminster St Peter, London.4
30th Mar 1851	Recorded in census in Westminster St Peter, London (Cloisters, Westminster, London).4
from 1856 to 1863	Occupation Clerk at the War Office in the Tower of London.3
7th Apr 1861	Occupation Clerk at War Office in Westminster, London.5
7th Apr 1861	Recorded in census in Westminster, London (Cloisters, Dean's Yard, Westminster Abbey, London).5
from 1870 to 1878	Occupation Sub-editor of Notes and Queries.3 Assistant to William John Thoms, the founder and editor of Notes and Queries.
1871	Recorded in census in Westminster, London (Little Cloisters, Westminster St Margaret)
1881	Occupation Literary Editor of Notes and Queries.3
1881	Recorded in census in Westminster, London (Little Cloisters, Westminster St Margaret)
28th Jun 1883	Died in Lancaster House, The Savoy, London (Lancaster House, TheSavoy, London).6,3 Heart disease, very suddenly,
3rd Jul 1883	Buried in Norwood Cemetry at 1:00 following a service at the Chapel Royal Savoy at 11:00.7
17th Nov 1883	Probate in London, Middlesex.8

Notes

Henry was an expert on Westminster Abbey and had a keen interest in Church architecture and archaeology. After the death of his parents, Henry donated a stained glass window in Westminster Abbey in memory of them.

There is a Commemerative plaque in Westminster Abbey which mentions Henry Frederick.

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In Memoriam
HENRY FREDERIC TURLE

On Thursday, June 28, the anniversary of his
father's death, Henry Frederic Turle, Editor of
Notes and Queries, passed away from among us,
ere the pages of that week's number had received
their final revision. Those of his friends who had
seen him but shortly before, full of life, and of
interest in life and in his work, can even yet scarce
believe that they have lost him.

An "Old Westminster" by education as well as
by long residence and association, Henry Turle
felt strongly the historical attractions of the royal
church and college within whose precincts he had
spent so many happy years. Very fitly, he lay in
another church full of historic memories, the
Chapel Royal, Savoy, before being taken to his
last home in Norwood Cemetery. And no less
fitly, in the case of one whose reverence for things
ancient was so deep, the service commenced by
the Dean of Westminster and the clergy of the
Savoy was concluded at Norwood by a canon of
Westminster, Canon Prothero, a personal friend
of the late Editor of "N & Q". Among those
who had known Henry Turle long and inti-
mately, there followed him to Norwood - where
he lies with his father, known for such long
years to the musical world as the Organist of West-
minster Abbey - the publisher of Noes and Queries,
Mr. John C Francis, for whose father the late
Editor had felt a very strong regard; the Organist
of the Chapel Royal, St. James's, an old assistant
of Henry Turle's father; the Editor of the Athe-
naeum; and the Foreign Secretaty of the Royal
Society of Literature, who had been entrusted
with the temporary charge of Notes and Queries
last week.

Of such a one as Henry Turle, taken from
among us in the full activity fo his powers, it
seems only possible to sum up his career in the
words, "Consummatus in brevi, explevit tempora -
multa."

Our valued correspondant A. J. M. writes:-
"I ask leave to say a word, prompted only by
private friendship and private sorrow, about the
sad and sudden death of our genial Editor. His
judgement and tact and temper in the conduct of
'N & Q' were singularly fine and accurate, and
the loss of them is grevious to us all. But there
are many, and I am one of them, who will feel
even more deeply than this. They will feel, as I
do now, that they have lost a friend; a man whose
hearty cheerful kindness and personal regard were
always at one's service and were always welcome.
His memory will live with that of 'N & Q'
which is no light nor trivial touch of fame."
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from Notes and Queries, 6th S VIII July 7, 1883
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Obituary

On Thursday last died very suddenly, of heart
disease, Henry Frederic Turle, editor of Notes
and Queries. A son of the late well-known organist
of Westminster Abbey, Henry Turle had spent all his
early years in the precincts of the College and
Royal Peculiar. An "Old Westminster" by education,
he remained to the last a devoted lover of the Church
and College which he had known so well. His unremitting
attention to the editorial work in which he succeeded the
late Dr Doran cannot fail to be known and appreciated by
the readers of Notes and Queries. The funeral will take
place to-day. There will be a service in the Chapel Royal,
Savoy, at 11 o'clock, and the interment will take place at
Norwood at 1 o'clock.

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The Times July 03, 1883 pg 10; Issue 30862; Col B

Sources

1. Parish Records - Ancestry
- Baptism records of St Mary Lambeth
2. UK Census 1841
3. Old Westminsters up to 1927 Vol 2 (Ancestry)
4. UK Census 1851
5. UK Census 1861
- Ancestry.co.uk
- RG9/52 F5 P12
6. Ross Turle Family Tree
- MyFamily
7. The Times
- Galegroup.com
8. Probate Principal Registry of the Family Division