William Tydd Taylor (1814 – 1 December 1862) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was the son of gentleman John Taylor and Harriet Bunbury, and migrated to

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around 1840. Around 1839 he had married Margaretta Lucy Lind, with whom he had ten children. He worked as a carrier between the

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and

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, subsequently acquiring the "Terrible Vale" property near

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. In 1858 he was elected to the

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for New England and Macleay, but he did not re-contest in 1859. Taylor died at Terrible Vale in 1862.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, William Tydd 1814 births 1862 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia 19th-century Australian politicians