Background
He was a son of Sir Robert Taylor (1714–1788), the architect, and was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, becoming a barrister at Lincoln"s Inn in 1774.
He was a son of Sir Robert Taylor (1714–1788), the architect, and was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, becoming a barrister at Lincoln"s Inn in 1774.
Corpus Christi College.
In parliament Taylor showed himself anxious to curtail the delays in the Court of Chancery, and to improve the lighting and paving of the London streets. And he was largely instrumental in bringing about the abolition of the pillory. He was on the committee which managed the Impeachment of Warren Hastings.
Was made a privy councillor in 1831.
And died in London in July 1834. Taylor is chiefly known in connection with the Metropolitan Paving Acting of 1817, which is still referred to as "Michael Angelo Taylor"s Acting." Often called "Chicken Taylor" because of his reference to himself as a "mere chicken in the law," he is described by Sir Spencer Walpole as "a pompous barrister, with a little body and a loud voice.".
1st United Kingdom Parliament. 3rd United Kingdom Parliament. 4th United Kingdom Parliament.
5th United Kingdom Parliament.
6th United Kingdom Parliament. 7th United Kingdom Parliament.
8th United Kingdom Parliament. 9th United Kingdom Parliament.
10th United Kingdom Parliament.
11th United Kingdom Parliament. 15th Parliament of Great Britain. 16th Parliament of Great Britain.
17th Parliament of Great Britain.
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He entered the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Poole in 1784, and, with the exception of the short period from 1802 to 1806, remained a member of parliament until 1834, although not as the representative of the same constituency.