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Turner was born in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London. His father, William Gay Turner (27 January 1738 - 7 August 1829), was a barber and wig maker. His mother, Mary Marshall, slowly became mentally unstable, perhaps, in part, due to the early death of Turner's younger sister, Helen Turner, in 1786. She died in 1804, after being sent to a mental asylum in 1799.

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