Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective, KP, PC (Ire) (20 October 1724 – 14 February 1795) was an Irish peer and politician.

Early life

He was the oldest son of the former Sarah Graham and Sir Thomas Taylor, 2nd Baronet, a

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of the

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(MP) for

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from 1689 to 1696. His sister, Henrietta Taylor, was the wife of Richard Moore. His paternal grandparents were the former Anne Cotton (a daughter of

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(a son of Thomas Taylor, who settled in Ireland from

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following the

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in 1652). His maternal grandfather was John Graham. In 1757, Bective succeeded his father as baronet. He was educated at

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Career

Bective entered the

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in 1747 and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kells until 1760, when he was elevated to the

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as Baron Headfort, of Headfort, in the County of Meath. He was further honoured in 1762, he was made Viscount Headfort, of Headfort, in the County of Meath in 1762, and on 24 October 1766, he was advanced to the dignity of Earl of Bective, of Bective Castle, in the County of Meath. In 1783, Bective became a founding member of the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick and in 1785 he was sworn of the

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Personal life

On 4 July 1754, he married Hon. Jane Rowley, daughter of Rt. Hon.

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and his wife Elizabeth Rowley, 1st Viscountess Langford. Her brother,

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, represented

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and

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in the Irish Parliament. Together, they had four daughters and six sons, including: *

Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort (18 November 1757 – 24 October 1829), styled Viscount Headford from 1766 to 1795, and known as The Earl of Bective from 1795 to 1800, was an Irish peer and politician. Early life Taylour was born on 1 ...

(1757–1829), who married Mary Quin, a granddaughter of

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. * Major Hon. Hercules Taylour (1759–1790), who represented Kells like his father and died unmarried. * General Hon. Robert Taylour (1760–1839), who also represented Kells and died unmarried. *

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(1763–1825), who assumed the surname of Rowley, by Royal licence, in 1796, when he inherited the Rowley estates and was ennobled in his own right as

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of Summerhill in 1800. He married his first cousin, Frances Rowley, daughter of Hon. Major Clotworthy Rowley. * Rev. Hon. Henry Edward Taylour (1768–1852), who married Marianne St Leger, daughter of Col. Hon. Richard St Leger and granddaughter of the 1st Viscount Doneraile. * Lady Henrietta Taylour (d. 1838), who married Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker, son of

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, in 1791. * Lady Catherine Taylour, who died unmarried. Lord Bective died, aged 70, on 14 February 1795 and was succeeded in his titles by his oldest son

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. The widowed Countess of Bective died on 25 June 1818.

Descendants

Through his daughter Lady Henrietta, he was a grandfather of four, including Catherine Jane Ponsonby-Barker (who married

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MP). Through his son, the Rev. Henry, he was a grandfather of

Thomas Edward Taylor Thomas Edward Taylor (17 March 1811 – 3 February 1883), was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1868 and between 1874 and 1880 under Benjamin Disraeli. Background and education Taylo ...

, MP and

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, and General Sir Richard Chambré Hayes Taylor (1819–1904), who enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the army.

References

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Earls of Bective Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Peers of Ireland created by George II Irish MPs 1727–1760 Knights of St Patrick Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Meath constituencies Members of the Privy Council of Ireland