Sir Thomas Taylor, 1st Baronet Taylor, of Kells, co. Meath

Sir Thomas Taylor, 1st Bt. was born on 20 July 1662 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. He was the son of Thomas Taylor and Anne Axtell. He married Anne Cotton, daughter of Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Bt. and Hester Salusbury, on 20 June 1682.2 He died on 8 August 1736 at age 74.

Sir Thomas and Anne Axtell had four proven children. A fifth child, a daughter Henrietta, is sometimes listed as his child. Henrietta should be listed as the daughter of his son Thomas, the 2nd Baronet.

He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Kells from 1692 to 1693. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Kells between 1695 and 1699. He was created 1st Baronet Taylor, of Kells, co. Meath [Ireland] on 12 June 1704. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Kells from 1713 to 1714. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] in 1726. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Kells between 1727 and 1736.

Children of Sir Thomas Taylor, 1st Bt. and Anne Cotton

• Robert Taylor5 d. May 1744
• Salusbury Taylor3 b. 14 Nov 1687
• Sir Thomas Taylor, 2nd Bt.+2 b. c 1690, d. Oct 1757
• James Taylor3 b. 10 Jan 1700, d. 1747

Citations

• [S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, page 335. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
• [S15] George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Baronetage, volume IV, page 234.
• [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1850. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• [S526] Sir Bernard Burke, editor, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 13th edition, (London, England: Burke Publishing Co, 1921), page 179. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Landed Gentry, 13th ed.
• [S1322] David Arathoon, "re: Acheson Family and Campbell Family," e-mail message to Darryl Lundy, 8 April 2005 - 14 July 2006. Hereinafter cited as "re: Acheson Family and Campbell Family."

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