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Charles Hampden Turner (1773?–1856) was a British businessman, now known as a collector and gardener. ==Life== He was the son of John Turner of Limehouse; his sister Harriet married John Woolmore, the Member of Parliament.〔(historyofparliamentonline.org ''Woolmore, John (1755-1837), of Hampton, Mdx. and Kingsterndale, Derbys.'' )〕 Turner owned a sailmaking and canvas firm in Limehouse. He then in 1800 went into a local cordage business with Joseph Huddart, in partnership with Woolmore and Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet. By 1809 he gave up government work for the Naval Board, as inspector of canvas, citing pressure of other business. William Cotton joined Turner's counting-house at age 15, and in 1807 became a partner in Huddart & Co. His father Joseph Cotton was a business associate of Turner in the East India Docks Company, being chairman while Turner was deputy chairman. In 1814 Turner gave evidence to Parliament on the shipping of the East India Company. He chaired the trust that constructed the East India Dock Road, as an extension of Commercial Road,〔 and was also a director of the Phoenix Fire Office. James Walker in 1820 proposed a trial steam vessel voyage to Turner, from London to Edinburgh. It took place in June 1821 on the ''City of Edinburgh''. After James Watt died in 1819, James Watt junior turned to friends to preserve his father's memory, among whom Turner was prominent. Turner went on to chair the committee of 1824 which financed Francis Chantrey's memorial to Watt. During Watt junior's campaign to assert his father's priority claim on the composition of water, Turner in 1839 acted as an intermediary with Robert Brown, to whom he gave some limited access to relevant correspondence (of Joseph Banks and Charles Blagden). Turner was elected a member of the Geological Society in 1813, of the Linnean Society in 1819, and of the Royal Society in 1821.〔 In 1823 he served as High Sheriff of Surrey. He was also a member of the Horticultural Society, the Royal Institution, and the Athenaeum Club, and a manager of the London Institution.〔Hume Tracts , ''List of the proprietors and life subscribers of the London Institution'', May 1818 (1818), at p. 3. Contributed by: UCL Library Services. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/60211435〕 In 1848 he became an honorary member of the Society of Civil Engineers.〔 His portrait was painted by Martin Archer Shee. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Turner (merchant)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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