Thomas William Taylor (British Army officer)

Thomas William Taylor
Thomas William Taylor by William Salter
Born	13 July 1782
Died	8 January 1854
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Battles/wars	Napoleonic Wars
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Major-General Thomas William Taylor CB (13 July 1782 – 8 January 1854) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

Educated at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge, Taylor was commissioned as a cornet in the 6th Dragoon Guards in 1804. Promoted to captain in 1807, he transferred to the 24th Light Dragoons and then became military secretary to Lord Minto, the Governor-General of India. He fought with the 10th Hussars at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815 during the Napoleonic Wars. After the War he served at the Headquarters of the Allied Army of Occupation in Paris. He became Superintendent of the Cavalry Riding Establishment at St John's Wood Barracks in 1826, Inspector of Yeomanry in 1828 and Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1837.

He served as Groom of the Bedchamber to William IV from 1832 to the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 and as Colonel of the 17th Lancers from 1852 to his death.