[1] He was born in the manse at Thurso the son of the Rev Walter Ross Taylor (1838-1907), a prominent Free Church of Scotland minister and in turn son of the Very Rev Dr Walter Ross Taylor who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1884,[2] and his first wife, Margaret Paterson.
[3] He was educated at Leys School in Cambridge, and at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, where he studied law.
He served as counsel to the Sultan and adviser to the Ministries of Public Works, War, and Agriculture.
[1] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours for his services during the war.
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