Francis Lenn Taylor

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Francis Lenn Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor with parents at Stork Club 1947.jpg
Taylor with his daughter and wife, 1947
Born(1897-12-28)December 28, 1897
Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
DiedNovember 20, 1968(1968-11-20) (aged 70)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeWestwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArt dealer
Known forElizabeth Taylor's father
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1926)​
ChildrenHoward Taylor (1929-2020)
Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011)

Francis Lenn Taylor (December 28, 1897 – November 20, 1968) was an American art dealer and the father of actress Elizabeth Taylor.

Life and career[]

He was born in Springfield, Illinois, the son of Elizabeth Mary (née Rosemond; 1869–1937) and Francis Marion Taylor (1860–1946). The family later moved to Arkansas City, Kansas.

Francis began dealing in art in New York City for a wealthy uncle by marriage, Stephen Howard Young (22 May 1878 - 24 June 1972),[1][2] later, a friend of Dwight Eisenhower after World War II.[3]

Taylor married stage actress Sara Sothern (whose real name was Sara Viola Warmbrodt and who was also from Arkansas City) in 1926 in New York.[1]

They were the parents of Howard Taylor (1929-2020) and of Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011).

Within a few years of his marriage, Taylor was transferred to Young's art gallery in London, England, where he and Sara lived for several years, and where their children were born. In April 1939, five months before the outbreak of World War II in Europe, they returned to the United States.

Taylor later ran an art gallery at The Beverly Hills Hotel in California.[4]

He died at age 70 in Los Angeles, California. He is interred beside his widow in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, Los Angeles.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Howard Young (1878-1972), a biography". www.countyhistorian.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. ^ "S. Howard Young, Art Dealer, Friend of Eisenhower, Is Dead". nytimes.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  3. ^ https://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Finding_Aids/pdf/Young_Howard_Papers.pdf
  4. ^ "Luxury Hotel Services - The Beverly Hills Hotel - Dorchester Collection". dorchestercollection.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  5. ^ Francis Lenn Taylor at Find a Grave
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