TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1790-1868) was the son of the Rev. W. Taylor, D.D., a chaplain in Scotland to King George III, and 20 years minister of St Enoch's, Glasgow. He went to Madras in 1806 as a cadet in the Indian army, became an ensign the following year and had steady promotion. (Captain, 1822; major, 1835; lieut-colonel, 1840; lieut-colonel commandant, 1849; colonel, 1850; maj-general, 1854; lieut-general, 1865.) He served with the 39th Madras Native Infantry, with the Kurwood field force (1839) and in China (1842). After acting as brigadier commanding the Sangor and Narbudda district (1849-55), he visited New Zealand on sick leave, and on retiring he settled in New Zealand (1857) at West Tamaki, where he died on 27 Jun 1868. Taylor was a staunch Presbyterian and a supporter of the church at West Tamaki. (See A. K., C. D., and W. I. TAYLOR)

India Office records; Madras Military Department; Southern Cross, 29 Jun 1868.

Reference: Volume 2, page 191

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