Brigadier-General Gerald Kyffin-Taylor (9 March 1863 – 11 December 1949) was a British soldier and politician. Kyffin-Taylor was educated at

Liverpool College Liverpool College is a school in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England. It was one of the thirteen founding members of the Headmasters' Conference (HMC). History Liverpool College was the first of many public schools founded in the Victorian E ...

.''Who Was Who'', Published by A&C Black Limited. Online edition, 2020 His brothers included

William Kyffin-Taylor, 1st Baron Maenan William Francis Kyffin Taylor, 1st Baron Maenan (9 July 1854 – 22 September 1951), was a prominent English barrister and judge. He was a Railway and Canal Commissioner from 1930 to its abolition in 1949, and was its last member. Background and ...

, and Austin Taylor MP. In 1884 he qualified as a

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and went into partnership with John Lamb, and later in the firm of Snowball, Kyffin-Taylor and Pruddah. In 1886, he joined the

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(later Territorial Army, specifically the 5th battalion of the

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as a private. In 1889 he transferred to the 2nd Lancashire Brigade, Royal Artillery, being commissioned as ensign. In 1907 he became Lieutenant Colonel of the same unit. With the formation of the West Lancashire Territorial Association in 1908 the force became the 1st West Lancashire Brigade

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(T.A.). He retired from the Brigade in 1911, but was appointed to command the Artillery of the West Lancashire Division in 1915 as a temporary colonel. In 1917 he was promoted to brigadier general. Between 1905 and 1919 he served as a

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councillor for the ward of Everton. He was elected at a by-election in July 1910 as a Conservative

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(MP) for Liverpool Kirkdale. He resigned his seat on 11 February 1915 due to military commitments.National Archives
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kyffin-Taylor, Gerald 1863 births 1949 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 Councillors in Liverpool Commanders of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Liverpool College