Samuel Mumford Taylor (25 August 1859- 30 November 1929) was the second Bishop of Kingston. Taylor was educated at University College London and ordained in 1885. After a curacy at St John the Evangelist's Leeds he became the first vicar of St Aidan's (Bishop Woodford Memorial) Leeds; He was then a

canon residentiary A canon (from the Latin , itself derived from the Greek , , "relating to a rule", "regular") is a member of certain bodies in subject to an ecclesiastical rule. Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergy house or, later, i ...

and the precentor at Southwark Cathedral, then

Archdeacon of Southwark The Archdeacons in the Diocese of Southwark are senior clergy in the Church of England in South London and Surrey. They currently include: the archdeacons of Southwark, of Reigate (formerly of Kingston-on-Thames) and of Lewisham & Greenwich ...

. His penultimate post, until his resignation in 1921, was as a

suffragan bishop A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdiction ...

. Finally he was appointed to lead the worship for St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle."New Royal Canon - Dr. Sheppard's Successor. (Official Appointments and Notices)", '' The Times'', 5 November 1921, p10

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1859 births Alumni of University College London Archdeacons of Southwark Bishops of Kingston 20th-century Church of England bishops 1929 deaths Canons of Windsor {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub