Thomas William Taylor (British Army officer)


Thomas William Taylor of Ogwell House, West Ogwell, in Devon, was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

Military career

He was educated at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge and in 1804 was commissioned as a cornet in the 6th Dragoon Guards. He was promoted to captain in 1807 and transferred to the 24th Light Dragoons and then became military secretary to Lord Minto, Governor-General of India. He fought with the 10th Hussars at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. After the defeat of Napoleon he served at the Headquarters of the Allied Army of Occupation in Paris. In 1826 he became Superintendent of the Cavalry Riding Establishment at St John's Wood Barracks, London, and in 1828 was appointed Inspector of Yeomanry. In 1837 he became Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
He served as a Groom of the Bedchamber to King William IV from 1832 to the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 and as Colonel of the 17th Lancers from 1852 to his death.

Marriage and progeny

On 14 January 1810 at St. George's Church in Madras, India, he married Anne Harvey Petrie, a daughter of John Petrie, by whom he had progeny including:
He died on 8 January 1854 and was buried at St Mary the Virgin Churchyard in Denbury in Devon.