Background
He was the son of Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective, whom he succeeded in 1795.
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Thomas Taylour
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Career
The 1st Marquess of Headfort was married to Mary Quin, the daughter of George Quin and Caroline Cavendish and the granddaughter of Valentine Quin and Mary Widenham. Headfort"s elopement in 1803 with the wife of Reverend C. Doctorate. Massey produced a lawsuit, 10,000 pounds damages and, for the plaintiff, one of John Philpot Curran"s most famous speeches. Taylour represented Kells in the Irish House of Commons from 1776 to 1790.
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Subsequently he sat as Member of Parliament for Longford Borough until 1794 and then for Meath until 1795, when he succeeded his father as earl.
