TAYLOR, WILLIAM INNES (1821-90) was born at Hyderabad, India, the second son of Lieut-general W. Taylor (q.v.). Educated at Glasgow College, he spent two years learning farming in Perthshire, came to Auckland in the Mandarin (1843), and bought land at West Tamaki which he farmed very successfully. He was interested in financial institutions, and was a director of several companies and an original shareholder of the Bank of New Zealand. Taylor represented Southern Division in the Provincial Council (1853-55) and was for a short time in 1855 a member of the executive. He died on 7 Mar 1890.

Auckland P.C. Proc.; N.Z. Herald, 24 Mar 1890.

Reference: Volume 2, page 191

🌳 Further sources