It is good to see three new Freemen of Dover have been enrolled, amongst them Mr John Turnpenny, J.P.
Here is some information about the Turnpenny family from our indexes:
TURNPENNY Mr "A few evenings since, an elderly gentleman, named TURNPENNY, a resident at Dover since the French Revolution, and formerly a captain in the Irish Brigade in France, on his return from spending the evening with a friend, just before reaching his own door, dropped down in the road which was a little out of town and expired immediately." (Kentish Gazette 8.1.1813 p.4 (back) col.5 para 5)
TURNPENNY:
Announcement of death in 2001 of Dover's "oldest inhabitant": Lilian TURNPENNY has died at the age of 108, at Kearsney Manor Nursing Home on Sunday.
Her son John said he believed she was the oldest person in the County of Kent.
Mrs TURNPENNY had lived in Dover for over 100 years and attended the Dover County school (later to become the Boys Grammar). She had a degree from Bedford College, London, and married Sydney TURNPENNY of the Dover furniture company in London Road, and had two children, John (now 78) and Suzanne three years older. She was born Lilian VASS, of Scottish parents in Ireland on St Valentine's Day 1893. (East Kent Mercury July 19 2001 page 5)
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