He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 24 October 1710, aged 17; and was admitted at Middle Temple in 1712.
1733, he succeeded his father [2] At the 1734 general election Taylor stood for Parliament at Ashburton with his wife's uncle, Richard Reynell who had represented the seat continuously since 1711, but they were both unsuccessful.
Reynell died in 1735, and instructed that his estates be sold for the benefit of his niece who was Taylor's wife.
Taylor, in fact, in the following year purchased these estates, which under the terms of his marriage settlement he was then required to settle on his wife and eldest son.
As an anti-ministerial Whig, he was among those MPs who withdrew from the House before the vote on the motion for Walpole's dismissal in February 1741.