Lyra Taylor

Lyra Veronica Esmeralda Taylor OBE (11 July 1894 – 1979) was a New Zealand lawyer and social worker.

She was one of four children of Robert Taylor, a farmer from England, and his New Zealand-born wife Mary, née Morrison.

[8] Taylor was sent on a 10 month study tour of England, Canada and the United States sponsored by the Carnegie Trust.

[9][10] Taylor was a founding member of the Australian Association of Social Workers.

[1] In the 1959 Queen's Birthday Honours, Taylor was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.