Walter Ross Taylor (1838–1907)

Walter Ross Taylor (1838–1907) was a Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in the critical year of Union in 1900.

He was born on 11 April 1838 in the manse at Thurso, the son of Rev Walter Ross Taylor and his wife, Isabella Murray.

He went to Edinburgh University where he received the medal in Moral Philosophy and won the Stratton Scholarship for best third year student.

He left East Kilbride in 1868 and was translated to Kelvinside Free Church on Great Western Road in Glasgow.

The critical Synod took place on 20 October 1900, creating the United Free Church of Scotland.