Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective

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Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective KP (20 October 1724 – 14 February 1795) was an Irish peer.

The son of Sir Thomas Taylor, 2nd Baronet and Sarah Graham, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1757. On 24 October 1766, he was elevated to the peerage as Earl of Bective, of Bective Castle, in the County of Meath. He was a founding member of the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick in 1783.

On 4 July 1754, he married Jane Rowley, daughter of Rt. Hon. Hercules Langford Rowley and Elizabeth Ormsby, Viscountess Langford. They had six children:

  • Lady Henrietta Taylour (d. 12 Jan 1838), married Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker, son of Chambre Brabazon Ponsonby on 4 June 1791
  • Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort (1757–1829)
  • Major Hon. Hercules Taylour (1759–1790)
  • General Hon. Robert Taylour (1760–1839)
  • Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford (1763–1825)
  • Reverend Hon. Henry Edward Taylour (1768–1852)

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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
(new creation)		 Earl of Bective
1766–1795		 Succeeded by
Thomas Taylour
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by
Thomas Taylour		 Baronet
 (of Combermere)
1757–1795		 Succeeded by
Thomas Taylour

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