Charles Plunket Bourchier Taylor (1935–1997) was a Canadian journalist, author, essayist, and thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.

While studying at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Taylor was part of the student broadcast team on CFRC, the campus radio station.

He went on to work for Reuters news service in London, England, from 1955 until 1962, when he joined the staff of The Globe and Mail newspaper in Toronto.

His career in journalism saw him become the paper's bureau chief in British Hong Kong, Peking, China, and London, England.

In 1995, Taylor earned the Sovereign Award of Merit, named for his late father, and in 1996 he was inducted in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in the Builders category.