Robert George Taylor (7 December 1932 – 18 June 1981) was a British

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politician.

Background

Taylor was born in 1932, and attended

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. He worked in

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, becoming an executive with the G and S Allgood company. He served as a parachutist in the Territorial Army. In 1964, he married Rosemary Box, and they had two children.

Parliamentary career

Taylor fought Battersea North in

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and

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, but was defeated each time by Labour's

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. He was Member of Parliament for Croydon North West from

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until he died from a heart attack at his home in

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on 18 June 1981, aged 48, 11 years to the day after his election to parliament. In the subsequent by-election, the Conservatives lost the seat to Liberal Bill Pitt.

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