Born: De­cem­ber 30, 1856, Pesh­a­war, In­dia (now Pa­kis­tan).

Died: June 16, 1938, North Lew, Devon, Eng­land.

Pseudonym: R. E. (“Roy­al En­gin­eer”?)

Son of an Ar­my of­fi­cer, Tur­ton was ed­u­cat­ed at Clif­ton Coll­ege, Eng­land, and the Roy­al Mil­i­ta­ry Acad­e­my. He was com­mis­sioned in 1876 as a Roy­al En­gin­eer lieu­ten­ant, and re­tired in 1905. His works in­clude:

• Hymns Writ­ten by a Lay­man Be­tween the Fes­tiv­als of All Saints, 1880 & 1881
• The Truth of Christ­i­an­i­ty
• The Plan­ta­ge­net An­ces­try, 1928
• The Ma­rine Shells of Port Al­fred, 1932

Sources

Hymns

1. And Now Our Euc­har­ist Is O’er
2. Behold! The Star Is Shin­ing
3. Lord, Who the Night You Were Be­trayed
4. Thou, Who at Thy First Eu­cha­rist Didst Pray