John Aked Taylor, Baron Ingrow (15 August 1917 – 7 February 2002) was a British soldier, brewer and Conservative politician. Born to Percy and Gladys Taylor, he was educated at

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. During

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Taylor served in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment and subsequently with the Royal Signals with whom he carried out decoding work in

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, the

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, north

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, north-west

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, and

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and was decorated with the

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(TD) in 1951. Taylor was for 40 years chairman and managing director of Timothy Taylor & Co, the family brewery in

Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of Bi ...

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founded by his grandfather Timothy Taylor in 1858. Taylor was a member of

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for 21 years from 1946, serving as

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in 1956. For nearly 20 years (1964–83) Taylor was a member of the Executive Committee of the

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; for five years (1971–76) he served as its chairman. In 1960, Taylor was made an

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(OBE). He was

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in 1972 and created a

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as Baron Ingrow, of

in the County of

on 31 January 1983. From 1985 to 1992 he was

Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire The office of Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire was created on 1 April 1974. *Kenneth Hargreaves: 1 April 1974 – 1978 (previously West Riding Lieutenant since 1970) *Sir William Bulmer: 1978–1985 *John Taylor, Baron Ingrow: 1985–1992 *John ...

, having been a Deputy Lieutenant before. Lord Ingrow was married to Barbara Stirk from 1949 until her death in 1997. They had two daughters.

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1917 births 2002 deaths People educated at Shrewsbury School Knights Bachelor Conservative Party (UK) life peers Mayors of Keighley Officers of the Order of the British Empire English brewers Lord-Lieutenants of West Yorkshire Royal Corps of Signals soldiers People from Keighley British Army personnel of World War II Duke of Wellington's Regiment soldiers 20th-century English businesspeople Life peers created by Elizabeth II {{Life-peer-stub