People/CharactersJulius Mathison Turing

Julius Mathison Turing (9 November 1873–3 August 1947) was the son of a clergyman, the Rev. John Robert Turing, from a Scottish family of merchants that had been based in the Netherlands and included a baronet. His grandfather had been a general in the Bengal army.

As an adult, Julius Turing won a scholarship to Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He then entered the Indian Civil Service (ICS), and moved around to various parts of India. He married Ethel Sara Stoney on 1 October 1907 in Dublin. He arranged for leave so that their two sons, John (1908) and Alan (1912) could be born in England. The boys lived with Colonel and Mrs. Ward, while their parents commuted between India and England.

He resigned from the ICS 12 July 1926 and became a tax exile in Dinard, France. Their sons, by now living at school, visited their parents in France for Christmas and Easter holidays, and the parents visited England in the summer. This continued until the boys were grown. He died 3 August, 1947 after several years of poor health.