Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gryfe

Thomas Johnston Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gryfe. Born 27 April 1912; died 13 July 2001.

Son of John Sharp Taylor, Glasgow; Married 1943, Isobel Wands; two daughters

DL; FRSE 1977; Chairman, Morgan Grenfell (Scotland) Ltd, 1973–85

Appointed Baron Taylor of Gryfe, cr 1968 (Life Peer), of Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire

Educated Bellahouston Acad., Glasgow

As a young man Taylor was a member of the Independent Labour Party and stood for the ILP as parliamentary candidate in the Edinburgh Central by-election, 1941.

Member: British Railways Board, 1968–80 (Chairman Scottish Railways Board, 1971–80); Board of Scottish Television Ltd, 1968–82; Forestry Commission, 1963–76 (Chairman., 1970–76). President, Scottish CWS, 1965–70; Member, Scottish Economic Council, 1971–74. Director: Whiteaway Laidlaw & Co. Ltd, 1971–89; Friends’ Provident Life Office, 1972–82; Scottish Metropolitan Property Co. Ltd, 1972–88; BR Property Bd, 1972–82; Member International Advisory Council, Morgan Grenfell. Chairman, Economic Forestry Group, 1976–81. Chairman, All-Party Parliamentary Forestry Group, 1995–. Trustee, Dulverton Trust, 1980–; Chm., Scottish Action on Dementia, 1989–95. DL Renfrewshire, 1970. Hon. LLD Strathclyde, 1974. Comdr’s Cross, OM (Germany), 1992

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