Sir Henry Wilson Worsley-Taylor (1847 – 27 June 1924), 1st Baronet or Moreton Hall, was an English politician. Henry Wilson Worsley, born in 1847 was the son of James Worsley of Laund,

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. He was educated at

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and took a degree at Exeter College, Oxford. After inheriting the estates of Miss Pilling Taylor of Moreton Hall,

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he added the name Taylor. He was called to the

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in 1871. He was appointed Chairman of the Lancashire Quarter Sessions at

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in 1890 and held the Recordership of Preston from 1893-1898. Worsley-Taylor was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for

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, Lancashire on 21 December 1900 until 12 January 1906. Worsley-Taylor married Harriette Sayer Watkin, the daughter of Edward Watkin, fellow MP, Great Central Railway board member and Lancastrian. His great grand-daughter was Annette Worsley-Taylor, founder of London Fashion Week.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Worsley-Taylor, Henry Wilson Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies 1847 births 1924 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Lancashire UK MPs 1900–1906 Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom