William Taylor (Archdeacon of Liverpool)
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William Francis Taylor, DD (1820 – 19 March 1906[1]) was an Archdeacon in the Diocese of Liverpool.[2]
Taylor was educated at Trinity College, Dublin;[3] and ordained in 1848.[4] After curacies in Tranmere[5] and Claughton[6] he served incumbencies; St John, Liverpool; St Silas, Liverpool;[7] St Chrysostom, Everton;[8] and St Andrew, Toxteth Park. He was Chaplain to the Bishop of Liverpool, Rural Dean of Walton, an Honorary Canon of Liverpool Cathedral[9] Archdeacon of Warrington 1889-95[10] and finally Archdeacon of Liverpool from 1895 until his death.[11]
He was the father of Austin Taylor, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool East Toxteth from 1902 to 1910, Gerald Kyffin-Taylor, MP for Liverpool Kirkdale from 1910 to 1915, and judge William Kyffin-Taylor, 1st Baron Maenan.
