TAYLOR. (Retired Commander, 1839. f-p., 20; h-p., 33.)
John Taylor entered the Navy, 6 Dec. 1794, as L.M., on board the Scorpion gun-grig, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Crocker, stationed off Jersey, where he removed, in Sept. 1795, to the Bravo 14, Capt. Philip D’Auvergne. In May, 1796, he became Midshipman of the Juste 80, Capts. Hon. Thos. Pakenham and Wm. Hancock Kelly; the latter of whom, after having served in the Channel, he followed, in May and June, 1797, into the Veteran 64 and Gibraltar 80. Of the ship last mentioned, which was stationed off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean, he was nominated, 29 Aug. 1801, Acting-Lieutenant. In March, 1802, however, he was superseded, and placed, again as Midshipman, on board the Foudroyant 80, flag-ship of Lord Keith, with whom he returned shortly afterwards to England, and was paid off. He was employed next, from May, 1803, until June, 1805, in the Channel, and a second time in the Mediterranean, in the Naiad 38, Capt. Jas. Wallis, and as Master’s Mate in the Royal Sovereign 100, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Bickerton; he was then transferred to the Donegal, 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm; and in that ship, of which he was created a Lieutenant 2 April, 1806, he continued until March, 1811. He assisted in consequence at the capture of El Rayo of 100 guns, one of the ships recently defeated at Trafalgar – took part in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806 – escorted Sir Arthur Wellesley’s army from Cork to Portugal in 1808 – witnessed the destruction, 24 Feb. 1809, of three French frigates under the batteries of Sable d’Olonne – was present, in the ensuing April, at Lord Cochrane’s destruction of the enemy’s shipping in Basque Roads – and shared in an unsuccessful attempt made by Capt. Chas. Grant of the Diana to destroy the two French frigates Amazone and Eliza, protected by the fire of several strong batteries near Cherbourg. The latter affair took place in the afternoon of 15 Nov. 1810; during the night Mr. Taylor, then First of the Donegal, was sent with two boats belonging to his own ship and the Revenge 74 to essay the effect of Congreve’s rockets on the enemy; and at daylight on the 16th it was observed that one of the frigates was on her beam-ends and the other aground.[1] After he left the Donegal, Mr. Taylor was successively appointed Senior – 13 Aug. 1811 and 3 March, 1812, of the Royal Oak 74, Capt. P. Malcolm, and Hannibal 74, Capts. Sam. Pym and Sir Michael Seymour, both in the Channel – 13 June, 1812, and 13 Nov. 1813, of the Maidstone 36 and Romulus 36, armée en flûte, Capts. Geo. Burdett and Geo. Wm. Henry Knight, each on the North American station – and, 17 May, 1815 (after 14 months of half-pay), of the Falmouth 20, also commanded by Capt. Knight, off Boulogne. Among other services of a similar character, he commanded the boats of the Maidstone and Spartan frigate at the destruction of the Morning Star and Polly American privateers of 1 gun, 4 swivels, and 50 men each, in the Bay of Fundy, 1 Aug. 1812; and at the capture, two days afterwards, in the same neighbourhood, of a well-armed custom-house cutter and four merchantmen. He remained in the Falmouth until 1 Nov. 1812; and was placed on the list of Retired Commanders 23 July, 1839. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
TAYLOR. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 35; h-p., 5.)
Robert Taylor entered the Navy, 24 July, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Zebra bomb, Capts. Wm. Bowles, Jas. Tillard, Thos. Rich. Toker, and Geo. Barne Trollope, attached to the force in the Baltic, where he united, under Capt. Bowles, in Admiral Gambier’s attack upon Copenhagen, and came frequently into warm collision with the Danish batteries and flotilla. In Feb. 1809 (he had attained the rating of Midshipman in May, 1808) he removed to the Cerberus 32, Capt. Henry Whitby; and after serving for rather more than two years in the Channel in the Primrose and Wolverene sloops (in the latter of which vessels, commanded by Capt. Chas. Julius Kerr, he assisted at the capture, 9 Nov. 1811, of La Courageuse privateer of 14 guns and 70 men), he sailed, in the spring of 1812, for the East Indies in the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, whom he there followed, in April, 1813, into the Illustrious 74. He was afterwards, from Feb. 1814 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 29 Jan. 1821, employed on the Home, South American, and Mediterranean stations, in the Cadmus 10, Capts. Evans and John Gedge, Albion and Bulwark 74’s, flagship of Sir Chas. Rowley, Northumberland 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, Speedwell Revenue-cruizer, Lieut.-Commander John Mundell, and Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland. While serving in the Cadmus he was for a short tune Acting-Lieutenant; in the other ships he performed the duties of Mate and Admiralty Midshipman. His appointments since his promotion have been – 26 Nov. 1823 and 5 March, 1825, as a Supernumerary, to the Ramillies 74 and Hyperion 42, Coast Blockade ships, Capts. Wm. M‘Cullooh and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, under whose orders he remained for about six years – 11 June, 1833, to the command, for three years, of the Victorine Revenue cruizer – and, 25 June, 1835, to the Coast Guard, in which service, with the exception of a few months in 1838-9, he has been ever since employed.
TAYLOR. (Lieut., 1830. f-p., 30; h-p., 7.)
Walker Taylor, born 8 March, 1798, is third son of the late Lieut.-Colonel Taylor.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 June, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Centaur 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Webley Parry, in which ship, and the Hibernia 120, each bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, he served for about 12 months in the Mediterranean. He removed then to the Mosquito 18, Capt. Jas. Tomkinson, in the North Sea; he was employed next as Midshipman, from Feb. 1813 until Nov. 1816, off Flushing and Cherbourg, and in the East and West Indies, in the Dannemark 74, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, Minden 74 and Malacca 36, both commanded by Capt. Robt. Henderson, Tay 26, Capt. Sam. Roberts, and Sabine sloop, Capt. Campbell. In Aug. 1818, a few months after he had passed his examination, he was received on board the Salisbury 58, flag-ship of Rear-Admirals Donald Campbell and Wm. Chas. Fahie, in the West Indies, whence he returned to England in Sept. 1821. He was afterwards employed as Midshipman and Admiralty Mate – from Oct. 1821 until Aug. 1826, in the Niemen 28, Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibly, Doterel 18, Capt. Rich. Hoare, and Jupiter 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Willoughby Thos. Lake, all on the Halifax station – from Jan. until March, 1827, in the Redwing 18, Capt. Douglas Chas. Clavering, lying at Portsmouth – and from the latter date until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 14 June, 1830, again on the coast of North America, in the Hussar 46, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle, and Winchester 52, Capt. Chas. John Austen. He was then appointed to the Harpy 10, Capt. Joseph Pafford Dickson Larcom, on his former station the West Indies, where he remained until the spring of 1831. He has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard since 22 June, 1836.
Lieut. Taylor married, 26 June, 1834, Elizabeth, third daughter of the late Capt. Rich. Pellowe, R.N. (1802), by whom he has issue two sons.
TAYLOR. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 28; h-p., 9.)
William Norton Taylor, born 24 Oct. 1798, at Flushing, near Falmouth, is son of the late Capt. Andrew Bracey Taylor, R.N.;[2] and nephew of the
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 1841.
- ↑ The following is the copy of a certificate hearing the signature of the late Admiral Sir Chas. Hen. Knowles, and lodged at the Admiralty, respecting the services of Capt A. B. Taylor, when a Lieutenant:– “These are to certify the Right Hon. Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that Lieut. Andrew Bracey Taylor commanded his Majesty’s gun-boat the Vanguard at Gibraltar, a vessel of 24 6-pounders and 2 12-pounders, advanced off the new mole-head to prevent the enemy’s gun and mortar boats from annoying the garrison
