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unusual facts about William Taylor


Odinic Rite

Later in 1829 in ‘The Misfortunes of Elphin’ by Thomas Love Peacock, and in 1830 in the book, 'Historic Survey of German Poetry: Interspersed with Various Translations, Volume 1' by William Taylor, page 32.


Palgrave Academy

Pupils who later distinguished themselves include Lord Chief Justice Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman, scholar and translator William Taylor, Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, and archaeologist Sir William Gell.


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Cheatham Annex

Colonel William Taylor's widow, Elizabeth Kingsmill, married Colonel Nathaniel Bacon and they used King's Creek (as it was then called) as their residence, though they owned other property.

Red House Museum

Red House was also regularly visited by John Wesley and Charles Wesley, the Methodist preachers who were friends of John Taylor, the great-grandson of William Taylor.