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Richard Taylor

British Army general

Died when: 85 years 262 days (1028 months)
Star Sign: Pisces

 

Richard Taylor

General Sir Richard Chambré Hayes Taylor GCB (19 March 1819 – 6 December 1904) was a senior British Army officer who served in the Second Anglo-Burmese War, the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny.

Joining the General Staff in 1860, he was the British Army's Inspector General of Recruiting, then Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces, briefly Adjutant-General, and finally for three years Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

He was also Colonel of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and the East Surrey Regiment.Some members of the family preferred the spelling Taylour.


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