Josias Tayler (20 July 1787 – 12 January 1844) was a merchant, judge and political figure in

Upper Canada The Province of Upper Canada (french: link=no, province du Haut-Canada) was a part of British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North America, formerly part of the ...

. He was born in England in 1787. He served in the

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in 1811, then came to Upper Canada during the

War of 1812 The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It bega ...

and later settled in Beckwith in 1817. He was named justice of the peace in the Johnstown District in 1821 and in the

Bathurst District The Bathurst District was a historic district in Upper Canada. It was created in 1822 from the Johnstown District. Containing Carleton County, it existed until 1849. The district town was Perth. History In 1824, Lanark County was created from par ...

in 1833. He represented

Lanark Lanark (; gd, Lannraig ; sco, Lanrik) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, located 20 kilometres to the south-east of Hamilton. The town lies on the River Clyde, at its confluence with Mouse Water. In 2016, the town had a population of 9 ...

in the

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from 1834 to 1836. In 1835, he was named judge in the court for the Bathurst District. Tayler later died in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

in 1844 at the age of 56. Tayler was a part of the Canadian Fencibles 1812–1815.http://perthhs.org/documents/perth-settlers-1812-1814-veterans.pdf

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