John Thomas Taylor (1840–1908) was an English

British Museum The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...

official, and local politician of the

London County Council London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today kno ...

Life

He was the son of Thomas and Arabella Collie Taylor. His father was a successful farmer at

Cuckney Cuckney is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Norton and Cuckney, in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, located between Worksop and Market Warsop. The A60 road connects Market Warsop and Cuckney via Cuckne ...

, in Nottinghamshire. His mother started a preparatory school in

Belper Belper is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England, located about north of Derby on the River Derwent. As well as Belper itself, the parish also includes the village of Milford and the ha ...

, Derbyshire, at Green Hall, built by the Strutt family. She died there in 1887. Taylor's sister was there, at the time of his death in 1908. This was the Green Hall Preparatory School, Miss Taylor head, admission to sons of professional men. Taylor was privately educated. He joined the British Museum in 1861. He was made assistant secretary in 1878, retiring in that post in 1903. During 1880 to 1884, he supervised the move of the museum's collections to the

Natural History Museum, London The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum an ...

. He was awarded the

Imperial Service Order The Imperial Service Order was established by King Edward VII in August 1902. It was awarded on retirement to the administration and clerical staff of the Civil Service throughout the British Empire for long and meritorious service. Normally a pe ...

in the first list, of 1902.

Local politician

After his retirement in 1903, Taylor was elected in 1904 to the London County Council, for the two-member

Hampstead Hampstead () is an area in London, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, and extends from Watling Street, the A5 road (Roman Watling Street) to Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. The area forms the northwest part of the Lon ...

constituency, representing the Moderates with Nicholas Hanhart. Re-elected in 1907, he became chairman of the Council's Education Committee.

Death

Taylor died 14 September 1908.

Works

Taylor edited for publication a facsimile of an

indulgence In the teaching of the Catholic Church, an indulgence (, from , 'permit') is "a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins". The '' Catechism of the Catholic Church'' describes an indulgence as "a remission before God o ...

Pope Leo X Pope Leo X ( it, Leone X; born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 11 December 14751 December 1521) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521. Born into the prominent political an ...

, shortly after the British Museum acquired a copy.

Family

Taylor married, firstly, in 1868, Ellen Feild, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Hands Feild of

Macclesfield Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Bollin in the east of the county, on the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east ...

. He married in 1879, as his second wife, Mary Adshead, daughter of William Adshead of Lark Hall, Macclesfield.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, John Thomas 1840 births 1908 deaths People associated with the British Museum Members of London County Council