Thomas William Taylor (British Army officer)
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Born | 13 July 1782 |
Died | 8 January 1854 |
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Rank | Major-General |
Battles/wars | Napoleonic Wars |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Major-General Thomas William Taylor CB (13 July 1782 – 8 January 1854) of Ogwell House, West Ogwell,[1] in Devon, was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Military career[]
He was educated at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge and in 1804 was commissioned as a cornet in the 6th Dragoon Guards.[2] He was promoted to captain in 1807 and transferred to the 24th Light Dragoons and then became military secretary to Lord Minto, Governor-General of India.[2] He fought with the 10th Hussars at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.[2] After the defeat of Napoleon he served at the Headquarters of the Allied Army of Occupation in Paris.[2] In 1826 he became Superintendent of the Cavalry Riding Establishment at St John's Wood Barracks, London, and in 1828 was appointed Inspector of Yeomanry. In 1837 he became Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[3]
He served as a Groom of the Bedchamber to King William IV from 1832 to the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837[4] and as Colonel of the 17th Lancers from 1852 to his death.[5]
Marriage and progeny[]
On 14 January 1810 at St. George's Church in Madras, India, he married Anne Harvey Petrie, a daughter of John Petrie, by whom he had progeny including:[6]
- Pierce Gilbert Edward Taylor (1810–1890), Bengal Civil Service.[7]
- Arthur Joseph Taylor (1812–1873), a Captain in the Royal Artillery.[8]
- Anne Frances Taylor (d.1861) wife of (1807–1874) of Haccombe in Devon, whose funerary hatchment survives in Haccombe Church showing the arms of Carew impaling Taylor (Sable, a lion passant argent a label of three points azure) where they are also shown in a stained glass window dedicated to Anne Frances Taylor.
- Georgiana Jane Taylor,[9] wife of Robert Verney, 17th Baron Willoughby de Broke (1809–1862) of Compton Verney in Warwickshire.
Death[]
He died on 8 January 1854 and was buried at St Mary the Virgin Churchyard in Denbury in Devon.[2]
References[]
- ^ "The History of the Building". Gaia House. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Descendent stories". Waterloo 200. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "No. 19465". The London Gazette. 10 February 1837. p. 328.
- ^ "Court officers" (PDF). Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ "17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 26 December 2005. Retrieved 9 February 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ^ "Person Page". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Person Page". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Person Page". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Person Page". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- British Army generals
- British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
- Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards) officers
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- People educated at Eton College
- 1782 births
- 1854 deaths