Dermot Turing, Date of Birth

    

Dermot Turing

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1961

Profession: lawyer, biographer

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Dermot Turing

  • Sir John Dermot Turing, 12th Baronet (born 26 February 1961) is a British solicitor and author.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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • In 2015 he wrote a book on Alan Turing and in 2017 he contributed a chapter to The Turing Guide.
  • 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.Dermot Turing has commented on the accuracy of the 2014 film The Imitation Game, a dramatization of Alan Turing's life.
  • In 2018 he published X Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken.Sir John Dermot Turing is the 12th Baronet in the Turing baronetcy.
  • He is the son of John Ferrier Turing and Beryl Mary Ada Hann.
  • In 1986, he married Nicola Jane Simmonds, daughter of Malcolm Douglas Simmonds.
  • In 1987 succeeded his third cousin as the 12th Turing Baronet.
  • He has two sons.

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