Henrietta Tayler

Henrietta Tayler (24 March 1869 – 10 April 1951), known as Hetty, was a London-born Jacobite scholar and First World War Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse.

Family life Helen Agnes Henrietta Tayler (known as Hetty) was born in London on 24 March 1869, to parents William James Tayler, Laird of Glenbarry, and Georgina Lucy Duff and had an older sister, Constance and younger brother, Alistair Tayler (11 July 1870 – 8 November 1937) who was born at the family home in Rothiemay, Angus. Alistair and Hetty became Jacobite scholars and wrote about Scotland's history, in which their parents' forebears had played a large part. Through regular visits to the historical seat of her grandparents, Duff House, Hetty and her brother found historical materials that stimulated their interest to research and write about Scotland's past.

During her nursing experience, Tayler learned language skills which helped the post-war research work with her brother e.g. researching papers in Paris and the Vatican and indexing and reviewing the 500 volumes of 'Stuart' papers, held at Windsor Castle. (Adjutant-General and Quartermaster-General of the Jacobite army) one of the Seven Men of Moidart, the close supporters who travelled to Scotland with Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie.

Publications

Alasdair and Hetty Tayler (1914). The Book of the Duffs. William Brown., Alasdair and Hetty Tayler (1928). Jacobites of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire in the 45. Milne & Hutcheon, Aberdeen., Alasdair and Hetty Tayler (1933). The Ogilvies of Boyne. Aberdeen University Press., Alasdair and Hetty Tayler (1934). Jacobites of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire in the Rising of 1715. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh and London. - about Charles, Lord Fraser of Muchalls, William Fraser of Inverallochy, Captain Simon Fraser and the Hon. James Fraser of Lonmay, Alasdair and Hetty Tayler (1939). John Graham of Claverhouse. Duckworth, London. Alasdair and Hetty Tayler (1937). The House of Forbes. 3rd Spalding Club, Aberdeen. and Scotpress 1987. Henrietta Tayler ( 1937). The Child Sovereigns of Scotland. TA Constable. Hetty Tayler (1946). History of the Family of Urquhart. Aberdeen University Press Hetty Tayler (1949). Bonnie Prince Charlie. Thomas Nelson