Robert Taylor (Conservative politician)

For other people named Robert Taylor, see Robert Taylor (disambiguation).

Robert George Taylor (7 December 1932 – 18 June 1981) was a British Conservative politician.

Background

Taylor was born in 1932, and attended Cranleigh School. He worked in architectural ironmongery, becoming an executive with the G and S Allgood company.^[1] He served as a parachutist in the Territorial Army.^[1]

In 1964, he married Rosemary Box, and they had two children.^[1]

Parliamentary career

Taylor fought Battersea North in 1959 and 1964, but was defeated each time by Labour's Douglas Jay.^[1]

He was Member of Parliament for Croydon North West from 1970 until he died from a heart attack at his home in Surrey on 18 June 1981, aged 48, 11 years to the day after his election to parliament.^[2][3] In the subsequent by-election, the Conservatives lost the seat to Liberal Bill Pitt.