Constituency Dates
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis 2 Mar. 1698 – 1700
Family and Education
b. c. 1652. m. lic. 31 Aug. 1682, aged 30, 4s. 2da.1 Mar. Lic. Vicar-Gen. (Harl. Soc. xxx.), 105.
Offices Held

Mayor, Weymouth 1687–9, 1700–1, 1711–12.2 Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 438–9.

Address
Main residence: Weymouth, Dorset.
biography text

A local merchant, Taylor was returned at a by-election for Weymouth in March 1698 as a Whig, and successfully contested the seat in the general election which followed shortly afterwards. In a list drawn up in September of that year he was classed as a Court supporter. An inactive Member, he stood down at the first 1701 election, in order to accommodate his fellow Whig Hon. Maurice Ashley*. He continued to support the Whig interest locally, but did not stand for Parliament again. He died within a month of making his will on 6 Oct. 1716, and was buried in the parish church of Melcombe Regis. At the time of his death he owned property in Weymouth and Somerset, and was sufficiently wealthy to bequeath £700 apiece to his two daughters.3 Ibid. 437; PCC 215 Fox.

Author
P.W.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Notes
  • 1. Mar. Lic. Vicar-Gen. (Harl. Soc. xxx.), 105.
  • 2. Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 438–9.
  • 3. Ibid. 437; PCC 215 Fox.