Background
He was the son of Review Walter Ross Taylor, a prominent Free Church of Scotland minister, and Margaret Innes (née Paterson), both of Glasgow.
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He was the son of Review Walter Ross Taylor, a prominent Free Church of Scotland minister, and Margaret Innes (née Paterson), both of Glasgow.
He was educated at Leys School in Cambridge, and at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, where he studied law.
He was called to the Scottish bar in 1902. He entered the Egyptian civil service in 1905 and held several judicial and administrative positions. He served as counsel to the Sultan and adviser to the Ministries of Public Works, War, and Agriculture.
During the later years of the First World War, he was chairman of the Supplies Control Board, Egypt.
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours for his services during the war. Following his retirement from the civil service in 1923, he returned to the United Kingdom and sought public office.
They had two sons.
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He was the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Woodbridge from 1931 to 1945.
