William Tydd Taylor (1814 – 1 December 1862) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.
He was the son of gentleman John Taylor and Harriet Bunbury, and migrated to
New South Wales
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around 1840. Around 1839 he had married Margaretta Lucy Lind, with whom he had ten children. He worked as a carrier between the
North Coast North Coast or Northcoast may refer to :
Antigua and Barbuda
* Major Division of North Coast, a census division in Saint John Parish
Australia
*New South Wales North Coast, a region
Canada
*The British Columbia Coast, primarily the communiti ...
and
Northern Tablelands
The Northern Tablelands, also known as the New England Tableland, is a plateau and a region of the Great Dividing Range in northern New South Wales, Australia. It includes the New England Range, the narrow highlands area of the New England regio ...
, subsequently acquiring the "Terrible Vale" property near
Armidale
Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale had a population of 24,504 as of June 2018. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region. It ...
. In 1858 he was elected to the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
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for
New England and Macleay, but he did not re-contest in 1859. Taylor died at Terrible Vale in 1862.
References
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1814 births
1862 deaths
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia
19th-century Australian politicians