Gibson Turton


Gibson Kirke Turton was a New Zealand barrister who was Provincial Solicitor of Otago, as well as a first-class cricketer who played six matches for Otago in the 1860s and 1870s. He was a native of Raglan.

Personal life

Turton married a daughter of the Hon. J. B. Bathgate, and they had six children. However, he took to alcohol, lost his position and left his family. He wandered in various parts of New Zealand and Australia, and died semi-destitute in Wellington.