Sir Henry, the adopted son of Joseph and Evelyn Taylor, was born on 4 November 1903, at Clarence Town, Long Island.
[1][2][4][5] In 1956, Taylor led the first citizen's delegation to London from the Bahamas, accompanied by Lynden Pindling and Milo Butler, to discuss political conditions in the then colony.
[citation needed] Between 1968 and 1978, Sir Henry resided in Florida where he began work on his memoirs.
[citation needed] On 28 February 1991, Taylor was sworn in as Governor-General of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, becoming the third Bahamian to hold this post.
[1][2][6] At the PLP's silver jubilee convention in November 1978, Taylor was honoured with a gold medallion for co-founding the party.