W.S. Gilbert Copyright
However, Turner had already announced on 21 May that he would not seek re-election, explaining that it was on medical advice. In his last months in Parliament, he presented a petition signed by almost 500,000 people calling for special action to preserve the copyright of W. S. Gilbert's words for all time (they were due to run out in 1961). The petition had been organised by one of his constituents. Turner pointed out that his grandfather George Grossmith was one of the original Savoyards. The Government rejected Turner's request.
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