Old travel Blog photograph of the Turnbull sisters from Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. This surname is mainly found recorded in Northern England and Scotland. A sizeable group of early European surnames were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames. These were given in the first instance with reference to occupation, or to a variety of characteristics, such as physical attributes of peculiarities. Scottish tradition tells of a man called Rule, who saved the life of King Robert the Bruce, by " turning " a ferocious bull which had threatened to gore the King. For this service he was given a new name and obtained a grant of the lands of Bedrule. William Turnbull, died 1454, was bishop of Glasgow in 1447, and founded Glasgow University in 1451.
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