6/5/2018 “Beware of Scamps and Rogues, Whatever Their Ability May Be”: The “Turton Job” and the Sexual Politics of Lord Durham’s Administration – Au del… https://thenewcanadianhistory.com/2017/11/20/beware-of-scamps-and-rogues-whatever-their-ability-may-be-the-turton-job-and-the-sexual-politics-of-lord-durhams-administration/ Jarett Henderson On May 27, 1838 well-known reformer Lord Durham, reached Quebec City where, two days later, he was officially installed as British North America’s new governor general. Durham had no knowledge then of the debate that had erupted in the British Parliament and the metropolitan press following his departure over a long-time friend, Thomas Turton, and a rumour that he had appointed Turton as his legal advisor. So when days later Durham appointed Turton to his administration, he had not yet received the anxious warnings of Colonial Secretary Glenelg and Prime Minister Melbourne that were making their way across the Atlantic. “You must hear me out in this,” wrote Melbourne in his letter, “and must, by no “Beware of Scamps and Rogues, Whatever Their Ability May Be”: The “Turton Job” and the Sexual Politics of Lord Durham’s Administration