Thomas Edward Taylor (17 March 1811 – 3 February 1883), was a British Conservative Party politician.

One of his two brothers, General Sir Richard Taylor (1819–1904) enjoyed a distinguished career in the British Army.

[6] In 1841 Taylor was elected Member of Parliament for County Dublin, a seat he would hold for the rest of his life.

When the Conservatives returned to power in 1866, Derby appointed Taylor Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, a post he held until 1868, the last year under the premiership of Benjamin Disraeli.

[9] In the 1874 general election Taylor decisively defeated Charles Stewart Parnell,[citation needed] and was once again appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by Disraeli, which he remained until the Conservatives fell from power in 1880.