title: Frederick Polhill-Turner
text: # Frederick Polhill-Turner
  
  Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner (14 March 1826 – 18 August 1881), known as Frederick Polhill until 1853, was a British Conservative politician.
  
  ## Political career
  
  After three unsuccessful attempts in April 1859, June 1859 and 1868, Polhill-Turner was elected MP for Bedford in 1874, but was defeated at the next election in 1880.
  
  ## Military career
  
  Polhill-Turner served in the 6th Dragoon Guards - also known as the Carabiniers - and in 1848 became a captain. He then retired in 1852. In 1860, he became Captain of the Duke of Manchester's Mounted Volunteers.
  
  ## Family
  
  Polhill-Turner was the son of former Bedford MP, Frederick Polhill and Frances Margaretta Deakin. In 1852, he married Emily Frances Barron, daughter of Henry Barron and Anna-Leigh Guy Page-Turner. They were parents to Cecil Polhill and Arthur Polhill. He assumed the additional surname of Turner in 1853.
  
  ## Other activities
  
  Polhill-Turner was also a Justice of the Peace and, in 1855, became High Sheriff of Bedfordshire.
  
  