Thomas Taylor (cricketer, born 1823)

Thomas Clough Taylor DL (27 August 1823 – 10 July 1859) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

[7] In February 1850, Taylor purchased a captaincy in the 41st Foot but sold he commission in May 1850 and retired from the army.

[8][9] By 1852 Taylor was in the Cape Colony and saw action in the Eighth Xhosa War as a captain in command of a company of native troops for which he was mentioned in dispatches.

[12] In December 1855 Taylor was charged with the embezzlement of £300 belonging to the British army and appeared before York magistrates.

[14] He died at Meerut in British India on 10 July 1859 while serving as a sergeant in the 6th Dragoon Guards.