Richard Taylor (British Army officer)
| Sir Richard Chambré Hayes Taylor | |
|---|---|
Insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of
the Order of the Bath (military) |
|
| Born | 19 March 1819 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 6 December 1904 (aged 85) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army
|
| Rank | General |
| Commands held |
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Fort George, Scotland Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
| Battles/wars |
Second Anglo-Burmese War Crimean War (Alma, Balaclava and Sebastopol) Indian Mutiny (Lucknow) |
| Awards | CB, 1857; KCB, 1882; GCB, 1902. |
General Sir Richard Chambré Hayes Taylor, GCB (19 March 1819 – 6 December 1904) was a senior British Army officer who served in the Second Anglo-Burmese War, the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny. Joining the General Staff in 1860, he was the British Army's Inspector General of Recruiting, then Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces, briefly Adjutant-General, and finally for three years Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was also Colonel of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and the East Surrey Regiment.
Some members of the family preferred the spelling Taylour.
Born in Dublin in 1819, Taylor was a younger son of the Hon. and Rev. Henry Edward Taylor (1768–1852) by his marriage in 1807 to Marianne, a daughter of Colonel Richard St Leger, second son of St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile (died 1787). Taylor's father was the fifth son of Thomas Taylor, 1st Earl of Bective, and was a younger brother of the first Marquess of Headfort, and he also had two other brothers, General Robert Taylour and Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford (1763–1825), and a sister, Henrietta.
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