George Watson-Taylor

George Watson-Taylor (1771 – 6 June 1841), of Saul's River, Jamaica, was a plantation owner and Member of Parliament (MP) at Westminster. In 1810 he married into the family of the planter Sir John Taylor, 1st Baronet, in time adding the Taylor surname to his own, and becoming the richest planter on Jamaica. He bought a house in Cavendish Square, London, and Erlestoke Park, near Devizes, Wiltshire. As MP for a number of constituencies, where he was brought in without contests, he supported the Tory administration, and campaigned for the retention of slavery.

George Watson-Taylor

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Engraved portrait of George Watson-Taylor, after an original from 1808
Born1771
Died1841
Occupation(s)writer, plantation owner, politician, collector

Watson-Taylor was a renowned fine art collector. His finances later collapsed, and he died on 6 June 1841, in Edinburgh.

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