Taylor was the son of Clement Taylor, a paper-maker of Wrotham, Kent and his wife Sarah Quelch, daughter of William Quelch, paper-maker, of Dartford.
He followed his father into the paper-making business, with large scale manufacture at mills at Tovil, near Maidstone.
[1] Taylor was returned as Member of Parliament for Maidstone after a contest at the 1780 general election.
Towards the end of this Parliament, he was running into difficulties in his business and decided not to stand in the 1796 general election.
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