Brigadier-GeneralGerald Kyffin-TaylorCBE VD MP (9 March 1863 – 11 December 1949)[1] was a British soldier and politician.
Kyffin-Taylor was educated atLiverpool College.[2] His brothers includedWilliam Kyffin-Taylor, 1st Baron Maenan, andAustin Taylor MP.
In 1884 he qualified as asolicitor and went into partnership with John Lamb, and later in the firm of Snowball, Kyffin-Taylor and Pruddah. In 1886, he joined thevolunteer force (laterTerritorial Army, specifically the 5th battalion of theKing's (Liverpool) Regiment as a private. In 1889 he transferred to the 2nd Lancashire Brigade, Royal Artillery, being commissioned as ensign. In 1907 he became lieutenant colonel of the same unit. With the formation of the West Lancashire Territorial Association in 1908, the force became the 1st West Lancashire BrigadeRoyal Field Artillery (T.A.). He retired from the brigade in 1911, but was appointed to command the artillery of the West Lancashire Division in 1915 as a temporary colonel. In 1917 he was promoted to brigadier general.
Between 1905 and 1919 he served as aConservative councillor for the ward ofEverton. He was elected at aby-election in July 1910 as a ConservativeMember of Parliament (MP) forLiverpool Kirkdale.[3] Heresigned his seat on 11 February 1915[4] due to military commitments.[5]
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