Hugh Taylor (MP)

Hugh Taylor (1817–1900) was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament, a colliery owner with interests in the shipping industry.

Early life

Hugh Taylor was born in Shilbottle, in Northumberland in 1817. He was partly educated at the Royal Jubilee School, New Road, Newcastle. His first career as a mariner was short-lived and he became a became a partner in a house of coal factors, in London; and, subsequently, in several very extensive collieries in the North of England, including Haswell, Ryhope, Backworth, Holywell, East and West Cramlington, as well as in many mines in South Wales.[1]

Personal life

In 1842, Taylor married Mary, the daughter of Thomas Taylor, of Cramlington Hall.[2]

In 1862 Taylor bought Chipchase Castle which in 2014 is still owned by his decedents.[3][Note 1]

Political career

In 1852, he successfully contested the borough of Tynemouth for the Conservative party defeating Ralph Gray(the sitting Whig MP) by 12 votes. However it was found his supporters had been bribing the voters and he was duly unseated the following year.

He won the seat in 1859 but it seems his political sympathies were certainly leaning towards the Liberal Party as he voted with them on a number of issues. Hansard records a couple of contributions to maritime debates. He resigned in 1861 and returned to business.[1]

George Hudson

Taylor and George Elliot were both friends of the Railway King George Hudson. By 1869 Hudson was deeply in debt, in bad health and living in exile so Taylor and Elliot started a subscription fund which they launched with donation of 100 Guineas each. When this closed it was converted into a trust fund (legally protected from Hudson's creditors) and provided Hudson with an income. Hudson returned to England in 1870 and visited Taylor at Chipchase Castle in April that year.[4]

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References

"Hugh Taylor". Durham Mining Museum. Durham Mining Museum. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
Ancestry UK. "Hugh Taylor". Ancestry UK. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
Castle, Chipchase. "History of Chipchase Castle". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
Beaumont, Robert (2003). The Railway King. London: Headline. pp. 195–200. ISBN 0 7472 3236 9.

Notes

It may well have been his father, also called Hugh Taylor, that bought the estate but this Hugh Taylor was resident from 1870. Research ongoing.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Ralph Grey	Member of Parliament for Tynemouth & North Shields 1852 – 1854	Succeeded by William Schaw Lindsay
Preceded by William Schaw Lindsay	Member of Parliament for Tynemouth & North Shields 1859 – 1861	Succeeded by Richard Hodgson

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[Miners_of_Northumberland_and_Durham_(1873)-1] "Hugh Taylor". Durham Mining Museum. Durham Mining Museum. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

[2] Ancestry UK. "Hugh Taylor". Ancestry UK. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

[3] Castle, Chipchase. "History of Chipchase Castle". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

[5] Beaumont, Robert (2003). The Railway King. London: Headline. pp. 195–200. ISBN 0 7472 3236 9.

[4] It may well have been his father, also called Hugh Taylor, that bought the estate but this Hugh Taylor was resident from 1870. Research ongoing.