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Dermot Turing was educated at [[Sherborne School]] and [[King's College, Cambridge]]. He then undertook a [[DPhil]] degree in [[genetics]] at [[New College, Oxford]], before moving into the legal profession.<ref name="bletchley-park">{{cite web| url=https://bletchleypark.org.uk/about-us/bletchley-park-trustees/sir-john-dermot-turing | title=About Us – Sir John Dermot Turing | publisher=[[Bletchley Park]] | location=UK | accessdate=22 January 2018 }}</ref> He first worked in the Department of the [[HM Treasury]] Solicitor. He then worked at the international law firm [[Clifford Chance]], where he was a partner until 2014 and latterly a consultant.<ref name="clifforf-chance">{{cite web | url=https://www.cliffordchance.com/people_and_places/people/lawyers/gb/dermot_turing.html | title=Dermot Turing – Consultant to Clifford Chance | work=People & Places | publisher=[[Clifford Chance]] | location=London, UK | accessdate=22 January 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113223034/https://www.cliffordchance.com/people_and_places/people/lawyers/gb/dermot_turing.html | archive-date=13 November 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He specialized in the [[financial sector]], especially with respect to failed [[bank]]s, [[Financial regulation|regulation]], and [[risk management]].
Dermot Turing was educated at [[Sherborne School]] and [[King's College, Cambridge]]. He then undertook a [[DPhil]] degree in [[genetics]] at [[New College, Oxford]], before moving into the legal profession.<ref name="bletchley-park">{{cite web| url=https://bletchleypark.org.uk/about-us/bletchley-park-trustees/sir-john-dermot-turing | title=About Us – Sir John Dermot Turing | publisher=[[Bletchley Park]] | location=UK | accessdate=22 January 2018 }}</ref> He first worked in the Department of the [[HM Treasury]] Solicitor. He then worked at the international law firm [[Clifford Chance]], where he was a partner until 2014 and latterly a consultant.<ref name="clifforf-chance">{{cite web | url=https://www.cliffordchance.com/people_and_places/people/lawyers/gb/dermot_turing.html | title=Dermot Turing – Consultant to Clifford Chance | work=People & Places | publisher=[[Clifford Chance]] | location=London, UK | accessdate=22 January 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113223034/https://www.cliffordchance.com/people_and_places/people/lawyers/gb/dermot_turing.html | archive-date=13 November 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He specialized in the [[financial sector]], especially with respect to failed [[bank]]s, [[Financial regulation|regulation]], and [[risk management]].


Turing is the nephew of [[Alan Turing]] (1912–1954).<ref name="huffington-post" /><ref name="copeland17">{{cite book| authorlink=Jack Copeland | last1=Copeland | first1=Jack | authorlink2=Jonathan Bowen | last2=Bowen | first2=Jonathan | last3=Sprevak | first3=Mark | authorlink4=Robin Wilson (mathematician) | last4=Wilson | first4=Robin |display-authors=et al | title=[[The Turing Guide]] | publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] | year=2017 | isbn=978-0198747833 | pages=479 | chapter=Notes on Contributors }}</ref><ref name="lboro">{{cite web| url=http://blog.lboro.ac.uk/sbe/2016/10/05/an-interview-with-dermot-turing-alan-turings-nephew/ | title=An interview with Dermot Turing: Alan Turing’s nephew | publisher=[[Loughborough University]] | location=UK | date=5 October 2016 | accessdate=22 January 2018 }}</ref> In 2012, the centenary year of Alan Turing's birth, Dermot Turing became a trustee of [[Bletchley Park]], where Alan Turing worked as a [[Cryptanalysis|cryptologist]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="bletchley-park" /> In 2015 he wrote a book on Alan Turing, ''[[Prof: Alan Turing Decoded]]'',<ref>{{cite book| last=Turing | first=Dermot | year=2015 | title=Prof: Alan Turing Decoded | publisher=[[The History Press]] | isbn=978-1841656434 }}</ref> and in 2017 he contributed a chapter to ''[[The Turing Guide]]''.<ref>{{cite book| last=Turing | first=Dermot | year=2017 | chapter=Chapter 2 – The man with the terrible trousers | editor-last1=Copeland | editor-first1=Jack |editor-link1=Jack Copeland |display-editors=etal| title=[[The Turing Guide]] | pages=19–29 }}</ref> He is a member of the [[European Post-Trade Forum]] and a trustee of the [[Turing Trust]]. His interests also include [[cryptanalysis]] and [[naval history]].<ref name="copeland17" />
Turing is the nephew of [[Alan Turing]] (1912–1954).<ref name="copeland17">{{cite book| authorlink=Jack Copeland | last1=Copeland | first1=Jack | authorlink2=Jonathan Bowen | last2=Bowen | first2=Jonathan | last3=Sprevak | first3=Mark | authorlink4=Robin Wilson (mathematician) | last4=Wilson | first4=Robin |display-authors=et al | title=[[The Turing Guide]] | publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] | year=2017 | isbn=978-0198747833 | pages=479 | chapter=Notes on Contributors }}</ref><ref name="lboro">{{cite web| url=http://blog.lboro.ac.uk/sbe/2016/10/05/an-interview-with-dermot-turing-alan-turings-nephew/ | title=An interview with Dermot Turing: Alan Turing’s nephew | publisher=[[Loughborough University]] | location=UK | date=5 October 2016 | accessdate=22 January 2018 }}</ref> In 2012, the centenary year of Alan Turing's birth, Dermot Turing became a trustee of [[Bletchley Park]], where Alan Turing worked as a [[Cryptanalysis|cryptologist]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="bletchley-park" /> In 2015 he wrote a book on Alan Turing, ''[[Prof: Alan Turing Decoded]]'',<ref>{{cite book| last=Turing | first=Dermot | year=2015 | title=Prof: Alan Turing Decoded | publisher=[[The History Press]] | isbn=978-1841656434 }}</ref> and in 2017 he contributed a chapter to ''[[The Turing Guide]]''.<ref>{{cite book| last=Turing | first=Dermot | year=2017 | chapter=Chapter 2 – The man with the terrible trousers | editor-last1=Copeland | editor-first1=Jack |editor-link1=Jack Copeland |display-editors=etal| title=[[The Turing Guide]] | pages=19–29 }}</ref> He is a member of the [[European Post-Trade Forum]] and a trustee of the [[Turing Trust]]. His interests also include [[cryptanalysis]] and [[naval history]].<ref name="copeland17" />


Dermot Turing has commented on the accuracy of the 2014 film ''[[The Imitation Game]]'', a dramatization of Alan Turing's life.<ref name="the-times">{{cite news| url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-accurate-is-the-imitation-game-sir-john-dermot-turing-reveals-all-lnxkh5xbb6g | first=Alex | last=O’Connell | title=How accurate is The Imitation Game? Sir John Dermot Turing reveals all | newspaper=[[The Times]] | location=UK | date=14 November 2014 | accessdate=22 January 2018 }}</ref><ref name="evening-standard">{{cite news| url=https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/sir-john-dermot-turing-the-imitation-game-tells-the-full-story-of-my-codebreaking-uncle-10033536.html | first=Sir John Dermot | last=Turing | title=Sir John Dermot Turing: The Imitation Game tells the full story of my codebreaking uncle | newspaper=[[Evening Standard]] | location=UK | date=9 February 2015 | accessdate=22 January 2018 }}</ref><ref name="getsurrey">{{cite web| url=http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/alan-turings-nephew-out-dispel-10283017 | first=Andre | last=Langlois | title=Alan Turing's nephew – out to dispel some myths | website=getSURREY | location=UK | date=19 October 2015 | accessdate=22 January 2018 }}</ref> In 2018 he published ''[[X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken]]''.<ref>[https://dermotturing.com/my-recent-books/x-y-z-the-real-story-of-how-enigma-was-broken/ Dermot Turing, ''X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken'']</ref>
Dermot Turing has commented on the accuracy of the 2014 film ''[[The Imitation Game]]'', a dramatization of Alan Turing's life.<ref name="the-times">{{cite news| url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-accurate-is-the-imitation-game-sir-john-dermot-turing-reveals-all-lnxkh5xbb6g | first=Alex | last=O’Connell | title=How accurate is The Imitation Game? Sir John Dermot Turing reveals all | newspaper=[[The Times]] | location=UK | date=14 November 2014 | accessdate=22 January 2018 }}</ref><ref name="evening-standard">{{cite news| url=https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/sir-john-dermot-turing-the-imitation-game-tells-the-full-story-of-my-codebreaking-uncle-10033536.html | first=Sir John Dermot | last=Turing | title=Sir John Dermot Turing: The Imitation Game tells the full story of my codebreaking uncle | newspaper=[[Evening Standard]] | location=UK | date=9 February 2015 | accessdate=22 January 2018 }}</ref><ref name="getsurrey">{{cite web| url=http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/alan-turings-nephew-out-dispel-10283017 | first=Andre | last=Langlois | title=Alan Turing's nephew – out to dispel some myths | website=getSURREY | location=UK | date=19 October 2015 | accessdate=22 January 2018 }}</ref> In 2018 he published ''[[X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken]]''.<ref>[https://dermotturing.com/my-recent-books/x-y-z-the-real-story-of-how-enigma-was-broken/ Dermot Turing, ''X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken'']</ref>

Revision as of 12:01, 14 March 2021

Sir
Dermot Turing
12th Baronet
Born (1961-02-26) 26 February 1961 (age 63)
Alma materNew College, Oxford, King’s College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)solicitor, author

Sir John Dermot Turing, 12th Baronet (born 26 February 1961) is a British solicitor and author.[citation needed]

Dermot Turing was educated at Sherborne School and King's College, Cambridge. He then undertook a DPhil degree in genetics at New College, Oxford, before moving into the legal profession.[1] He first worked in the Department of the HM Treasury Solicitor. He then worked at the international law firm Clifford Chance, where he was a partner until 2014 and latterly a consultant.[2] He specialized in the financial sector, especially with respect to failed banks, regulation, and risk management.

Turing is the nephew of Alan Turing (1912–1954).[3][4] In 2012, the centenary year of Alan Turing's birth, Dermot Turing became a trustee of Bletchley Park, where Alan Turing worked as a cryptologist during World War II.[1] In 2015 he wrote a book on Alan Turing, Prof: Alan Turing Decoded,[5] and in 2017 he contributed a chapter to The Turing Guide.[6] He is a member of the European Post-Trade Forum and a trustee of the Turing Trust. His interests also include cryptanalysis and naval history.[3]

Dermot Turing has commented on the accuracy of the 2014 film The Imitation Game, a dramatization of Alan Turing's life.[7][8][9] In 2018 he published X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken.[10]

In 2020, he awarded with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for highlighting the role of Poles in breaking the Enigma code.[11]

Sir John Dermot Turing is the 12th Baronet in the Turing baronetcy.[12] He is the son of John Ferrier Turing and Beryl Mary Ada Turing née Hann. In 1986, he married Nicola Jane Simmonds, daughter of Malcolm Douglas Simmonds. In 1987, he succeeded his third cousin as the 12th Turing Baronet. He has two sons: John Malcolm Ferrier, his heir apparent (b. 1988) and James Robert Edward (b. 1991)

Coat of arms of Dermot Turing
Crest
A hand holding a helmet Proper.
Escutcheon
Argent on a bend Sable three boar’s heads Or.
Supporters
Two stags Proper.
Motto
Audentes Fortuna Juvat [13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "About Us – Sir John Dermot Turing". UK: Bletchley Park. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Dermot Turing – Consultant to Clifford Chance". People & Places. London, UK: Clifford Chance. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b Copeland, Jack; Bowen, Jonathan; Sprevak, Mark; Wilson, Robin; et al. (2017). "Notes on Contributors". The Turing Guide. Oxford University Press. p. 479. ISBN 978-0198747833.
  4. ^ "An interview with Dermot Turing: Alan Turing's nephew". UK: Loughborough University. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  5. ^ Turing, Dermot (2015). Prof: Alan Turing Decoded. The History Press. ISBN 978-1841656434.
  6. ^ Turing, Dermot (2017). "Chapter 2 – The man with the terrible trousers". In Copeland, Jack; et al. (eds.). The Turing Guide. pp. 19–29.
  7. ^ O’Connell, Alex (14 November 2014). "How accurate is The Imitation Game? Sir John Dermot Turing reveals all". The Times. UK. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  8. ^ Turing, Sir John Dermot (9 February 2015). "Sir John Dermot Turing: The Imitation Game tells the full story of my codebreaking uncle". Evening Standard. UK. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  9. ^ Langlois, Andre (19 October 2015). "Alan Turing's nephew – out to dispel some myths". getSURREY. UK. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  10. ^ Dermot Turing, X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken
  11. ^ "Sir Dermot Turing awarded Polish state decoration for highlighting the role of Poles in breaking the Enigma code". gov.pl. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference thepeerage was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage. 1903.
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by
John Leslie Turing
 Baronet
(of Foveran)
1638–present 		Incumbent
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