Robert Wright Taylor

Robert Wright Taylor (21 November 1859 – 19 March 1929) was a British solicitor.

Biography Taylor was the only son of Robert Taylor (1815-1890) and Sarah Maw and grew up in Stanbury, West Yorkshire. The Taylor family were on good social terms with the Brontë family, and Branwell Brontë had painted a portrait of Taylor's father as a young man. Taylor was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and worked as a solicitor. An entry in the school log for Stanbury Boarding School in Haworth on 6 September 1912 records a visit by Taylor with his wife and two children. It records that Taylor had just purchased Ponden Hall and that he gifted eight book prizes each year to the school. The opening ceremony was attended by more than 3000 people.

Taylor was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.