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  • John Thomas Taylor
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  • John Thomas Taylor (1840-14 September 1908) was a museum official and Unionist politician. The son of Thomas and Arabella Collie Taylor, he was educated privately before entering employment as a second-class assistant at the British Museum. Promoted to a first class assistant in 1866, in 1874 he became secretary to the Principal Librarian and in 1878 to Assistant Secretary of the Museum, holding the post until his retirement in 1903. In that capacity he oversaw the removal of the natural history collections to what became the Natural History Museum in the early 1880s. In 1902, shortly before his retirement, he was one of the first recipients of the new Imperial Service Order, awarded to civil servants for long and meritorious service.
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  • John Thomas Taylor (1840-14 September 1908) was a museum official and Unionist politician. The son of Thomas and Arabella Collie Taylor, he was educated privately before entering employment as a second-class assistant at the British Museum. Promoted to a first class assistant in 1866, in 1874 he became secretary to the Principal Librarian and in 1878 to Assistant Secretary of the Museum, holding the post until his retirement in 1903. In that capacity he oversaw the removal of the natural history collections to what became the Natural History Museum in the early 1880s. In 1902, shortly before his retirement, he was one of the first recipients of the new Imperial Service Order, awarded to civil servants for long and meritorious service. On his retirement he was co-opted to the London School Board. The board was abolished in 1904 with its powers transferred to the London County Council. Taylor was elected to represent Hampstead on the county council at the 1904 elections as a member of the Conservative-backed Moderate Party. He was re-elected at the 1907 county council election. The re-organised Moderates had become the Municipal Reform Party and took control of the council for the first time. Taylor became the chairman of the LCC Education Committee. He died at his home in West Hampstead, aged 68, after a long illness. Some information here [1], and on his brother, Henry, also a Brentford Councillor, here [2].