Edward Thornton Tayloe
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Grave of Edward Thornton Tayloe & Mary Ogle Tayloe, (photo credit Georgia Meadows-Ogle Family Archivist).
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| Born |
January 21, 1803 The Octagon House, Washington, DC |
| Died | November 26, 1876 (aged 73) Powhatan Plantation, King George County, Virginia |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Diplomat, Planter |
"Edward Thorton Tayloe" (January 21, 1803 – November 26, 1876) was an American Diplomat and planter. He was named after his godfather, Edward Thornton a friend and fellow student of his father's at Eton College and His Majesty's ambassador to Washington D.C.. He owned estates in King George County, Virginia and the Canebrake (region of Alabama). He was private secretary to Joel Roberts Poinsett during his time as first minister to Mexico. He married his first cousin, Mary Ogle, at Belair Mansion (Bowie, Maryland) Prince George's Co., Maryland during Christmas in 1830.
Tayloe was born on January 21, 1803 at The Octagon House, the city residence built by his father John Tayloe III, who inherited the grand colonial estate Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia built by his father Colonel John Tayloe II, whom were respectively arguably each the wealthiest plantation owner in the country for their generations. His maternal grandfather was Benjamin Ogle, ninth Governor of Maryland, and great-grandfather was former Provincial Governor, Samuel Ogle.
In 1819 at age 16 he entered Harvard University. In 1821 he was expelled from Harvard, then readmitted.
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