Henry Milton Taylor

Sir Henry Milton Taylor (4 November 1903 – 24 February 1994) was the third Governor-General of the Bahamas.

Sir Henry, the adopted son of Joseph J. Taylor and Evelyn Taylor, was born on 4 November 1903, at Clarence Town, Long Island. He attended the government school on Long Island and took correspondence courses from London. He taught at public school in Roses, Long Island, from 1924 to 1924; in Pompey Bay, Acklins, from 1925 to 1926; and in Clarence Town, Long Island, from 1933 to 1934.

In 1949, he successfully contested an election for the Long Island and Ragged Island seat in the legislature.

In November 1953, he co-founded and organized the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), the first united political party in the country.

Between 1953 and 1963, Sir Henry was unanimously elected each year as national party chairman by the National General Council of the PLP. In 1963, when he relinquished the post of national party chairman, he was unanimously elected honorary chairman of the party for life.

In July 1956 Sir Henry was instrumental in having Lynden Pindling elected by the National General Council as the first Parliamentary Leader. Pindling went on to become Prime Minister the Right Honourable Sir Lynden Pindling.

In that year, Sir Henry successfully led the first citizen's delegation to London from The Bahamas. He was accompanied by Sir Lynden and the late Sir Milo Butler, who became the first Bahamian Governor-General of The Bahamas. The purpose of that meeting was to discuss political conditions in the then colony.

On 20 May 1960, Sir Henry successfully contested an election in the Eastern District of New Providence, receiving more votes than any candidate in any previous Bahamian election. In November of that year, Sir Henry led another successful delegation to London. This time, he was championing the right of women to vote in Bahamian elections. He was accompanied by the late Dame Dr. Doris Johnson and Mrs. Eugenia Lockhart. Shortly after their return, women received the right to vote and exercised it in the 1962 general election.

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