Herbert Taylor

Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Taylor (29 September 1775 – 20 March 1839) was a British Army officer who served as the first Private Secretary to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, serving George III, George IV, and William IV.

Military career

Taylor was the son of the Rev. Edward Taylor of Bifrons, Patrixbourne, Kent and his wife Margaret Payler daughter of Thomas Turner Payler of Ileden, who died at Brussels in 1780. The diplomat Sir Brook Taylor was his younger brother. He joined the 2nd Dragoon Guards as a cornet in 1794. Later that year he was promoted to lieutenant and then the following year to captain. coronet = crest = A lion's head erased Argent, collared Gules, charged with three roses of the First. motto = Fama candida rosa dulcior supporters =