Sir Herbert Taylor

Offices Held

Clerk, foreign office 1792-4; asst. mil. sec. and a.d.c to c.-in-c. 1795-8; mil. and priv. sec. and a.d.c. to ld. lt. 1798-9; priv. sec. and a.d.c. to duke of York 1799-1805; priv. sec. to George III 1805-12, to Queen Charlotte 1812-18; mil. sec. to c.-in-c. 1820-7; first a.d.c. to George IV 1827-30; dep. sec. war office May-Aug. 1827; surveyor-gen. of ordnance 1828-9; adj.-gen. of forces 1828-30; priv. sec. and first a.d.c. to William IV 1830-7; first a.d.c. to Queen Victoria 1837-d.

Cornet 2 Drag. Gds. Mar. 1794, lt. July 1794, capt. 1795, maj. 1801; lt.-col. 9 W.I. Regt. 1801, half-pay 1803; capt. and lt.-col. 2 Ft. Gds. 1803; brevet col. 1810; maj.-gen. 1813; col. 85 Ft. 1823-d.; lt.-gen. 1825.

https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/taylor-sir-herbert-1775-1839

Taylor Papers

https://archive.org/details/taylorpapersbein00tayliala/page/n10

Portraits

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp04428/sir-herbert-taylor