Archibald Turner Unknown - 1876
- occupation:
- Inventor,
- Manufacturer of fancy hosiery
- Nationality:
- British
- born in:
- United Kingdom
about 1840 - moved to Leicester
by 1846 - established himself as a "fancy hosiery manufacturer" in Humberstone Gate, Leicester
1849 - owned an India Rubber business, Turner and Pegg in Hill Street, Leicester
1855 - listed as being an elastic web manufacturer in Belgrave Gate, Leicester. Several patents and a boom in business led to the construction of a new factory on King Richards Road entitled 'Bow Bridge Works'.