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Edward Taylor (24 June 1774 - 22 June 1843) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1807 to 1812. Taylor was the son of Rev. Edward Taylor of Bifrons, Patrixbourne, Kent and his wife Margaret Payler〔(John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain Volume 3'' )〕 daughter of Thomas Turner Payler of Ileden, who died at Brussels in 1780.〔(''Parishes: Patrixborne'', The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 9 (1800), pp. 277-286. Date accessed: 24 November 2010 )〕 He had a small country house Rowling near Canterbury where he was visited in 1794 by the novelist Jane Austen and her sister Cassandra. Austen became enamoured of Taylor, who had "such beautiful dark eyes", writing two years later "We went by Bifrons and I contemplated with a melancholy pleasure the abode of Him, on whom I once fondly doted."〔(George Holbert Tucker ''Jane Austen the Woman: Some Biographical Insights'' )〕 In 1800, Taylor was a captain in the Romney fencible dragoons.〔 In 1807, Taylor was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Canterbury. He held the seat to 1812. Taylor died aged 68. Taylor married Louisa Beckington, daughter of Rev. J C Beckington of Bourne, Kent in 1802. He was the brother of Lieutenant General Herbert Taylor who was MP for Windsor. 〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Taylor (MP for Canterbury)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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