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	\| children = Edmund George Taylor, Charles Frederick Taylor,<ref name="FergusonandUrie">'14-12-1866: St Luke’s Anglican Church, Yea, Victoria.' 13 June 2012. 'Ferguson and Urie'. https://fergusonandurie.com/2012/06/13/14-12-1866-st-lukes-anglican-church-yea-victoria/</ref> Arthur,<ref name="2011CHSarticle" /> Herbert Edward Taylor,<ref name="StBarnabasStainedGlass"> '1886: St Barnabas Anglican Church, Balwyn, Victoria.'. Ferguson and Urie. 6 September 2015. https://fergusonandurie.com/2015/09/06/1886-st-barnabas-anglican-church-balwyn-victoria/</ref> Henry Michael Taylor<ref name="KewCemeteryBurialListing" />		\| children = Edmund George Taylor, Charles Frederick Taylor,<ref name="FergusonandUrie">'14-12-1866: St Luke’s Anglican Church, Yea, Victoria.' 13 June 2012. 'Ferguson and Urie'. https://fergusonandurie.com/2012/06/13/14-12-1866-st-lukes-anglican-church-yea-victoria/</ref> Arthur,<ref name="2011CHSarticle" /> Herbert Edward Taylor,<ref name="StBarnabasStainedGlass"> '1886: St Barnabas Anglican Church, Balwyn, Victoria.'. Ferguson and Urie. 6 September 2015. https://fergusonandurie.com/2015/09/06/1886-st-barnabas-anglican-church-balwyn-victoria/</ref> Henry Michael Taylor<ref name="KewCemeteryBurialListing" />
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	'''George Henry Taylor''' was a long-serving [[Members of the Boroondara District Road Board\|member]] and [[~~Chairmen~~ of the Boroondara District ~~Road~~ Board\|chairman]] of the [[Boroondara Road District]] from 1866 to his retirement in 1874.<ref name="1874electionretirement">{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7419259 \|title=The Argus. \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=9,122 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=9 September 1875 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=5 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5781498 \|title=WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1866. \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=6,407 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=19 December 1866 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=4 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>		'''George Henry Taylor''' was a long-serving [[Members of the Boroondara District Road Board\|member]] and [[Chairman of the Boroondara District Roads Board\|chairman]] of the [[Boroondara Road District]] from 1866 to his retirement in 1874.<ref name="1874electionretirement">{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7419259 \|title=The Argus. \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=9,122 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=9 September 1875 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=5 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5781498 \|title=WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1866. \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=6,407 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=19 December 1866 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=4 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

	==Life==		==Life==

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	==Life==		==Life==
	George Henry Taylor was born in England, migrating to Australia on the ship ''Blackall'' in 1858 from London with his wife, Maria.<ref name="2011CHSarticle" />		George Henry Taylor was born in England, migrating to Australia on the ship ''Blackall'' in 1858 from London with his wife, Maria.<ref name="2011CHSarticle" /> He may have suffered some great misfortune at the time, a quote many years later stating "for forty years be bore a cross of pain such as few are given to bear...",<ref name="ChurchObituaryPaper">{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197133676 \|title=NOTES OF THE MONTH. \|newspaper=[[The Church Of England Messenger And Ecclesiastical Gazette For The Diocese Of Melbourne And Ballarat]] \|volume=XIX, \|issue=218 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=11 November 1886 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=3 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> although it is unclear to what this refers.

	Taylor was one of the first European residents of the area, owning approximately ten acres of land on Mont Albert Road (then called Survey Road) since at least 1863. In 1865, he constructed his house 'Mountfield' in which he would live for the rest of his life.<ref name="MountfieldHeritageListing">'Mountfield, 6 Mont Albert Road'. Camberwell Conservation Study, pg. 187. Heritage Victoria. 1991. http://images.heritage.vic.gov.au/attachment/15869</ref>		Taylor was one of the first European residents of the area, owning approximately ten acres of land on Mont Albert Road (then called Survey Road) since at least 1863. In 1865, he constructed his house 'Mountfield' in which he would live for the rest of his life.<ref name="MountfieldHeritageListing">'Mountfield, 6 Mont Albert Road'. Camberwell Conservation Study, pg. 187. Heritage Victoria. 1991. http://images.heritage.vic.gov.au/attachment/15869</ref>

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	\| occupation = Solicitor		\| occupation = Solicitor
	\| employer =		\| employer =
	\| religion =		\| religion = Christian
	\| denomination =		\| denomination = Church of England<ref name="KewCemeteryBurialListing">'George Henry Taylor'. Boroondara Cemetry. https://boroondaracemetery.discovereverafter.com/profile/35105842</ref>
	\| spouse = Maria Taylor (nee O'Brien)<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5781281 \|title=Family Notices \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=6,405 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=17 December 1866 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=4 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name="2011CHSarticle">Hart, Trevor, 'PRIVATE SCHOOLS OF CAMBERWELL NO 1 CELEBRATING 125 YEARS OF SCHOOLING IN CAMBERWELL – THE BEGINNINGS OF CAMBERWELL GRAMMAR SCHOOL'. Camberwell Historical Society. 2011. Issue No. 4. ISSN 1838-0875. https://www.chs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Newsletter-2011-4-March.pdf</ref>		\| spouse = Maria Taylor (nee O'Brien)<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5781281 \|title=Family Notices \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=6,405 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=17 December 1866 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=4 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name="2011CHSarticle">Hart, Trevor, 'PRIVATE SCHOOLS OF CAMBERWELL NO 1 CELEBRATING 125 YEARS OF SCHOOLING IN CAMBERWELL – THE BEGINNINGS OF CAMBERWELL GRAMMAR SCHOOL'. Camberwell Historical Society. 2011. Issue No. 4. ISSN 1838-0875. https://www.chs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Newsletter-2011-4-March.pdf</ref>
	\| children = Edmund George Taylor, Charles Frederick Taylor<ref name="FergusonandUrie">'14-12-1866: St Luke’s Anglican Church, Yea, Victoria.' 13 June 2012. 'Ferguson and Urie'. https://fergusonandurie.com/2012/06/13/14-12-1866-st-lukes-anglican-church-yea-victoria/</ref>		\| children = Edmund George Taylor, Charles Frederick Taylor,<ref name="FergusonandUrie">'14-12-1866: St Luke’s Anglican Church, Yea, Victoria.' 13 June 2012. 'Ferguson and Urie'. https://fergusonandurie.com/2012/06/13/14-12-1866-st-lukes-anglican-church-yea-victoria/</ref> Arthur,<ref name="2011CHSarticle" /> Herbert Edward Taylor,<ref name="StBarnabasStainedGlass"> '1886: St Barnabas Anglican Church, Balwyn, Victoria.'. Ferguson and Urie. 6 September 2015. https://fergusonandurie.com/2015/09/06/1886-st-barnabas-anglican-church-balwyn-victoria/</ref> Henry Michael Taylor<ref name="KewCemeteryBurialListing" />
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	'''George Henry Taylor''' was a long-serving [[Members of the Boroondara District Road Board\|member]] and [[Chairmen of the Boroondara District Road Board\|chairman]] of the [[Boroondara Road District]] from 1866 to his retirement in 1874.<ref name="1874electionretirement">{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7419259 \|title=The Argus. \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=9,122 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=9 September 1875 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=5 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5781498 \|title=WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1866. \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=6,407 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=19 December 1866 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=4 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>		'''George Henry Taylor''' was a long-serving [[Members of the Boroondara District Road Board\|member]] and [[Chairmen of the Boroondara District Road Board\|chairman]] of the [[Boroondara Road District]] from 1866 to his retirement in 1874.<ref name="1874electionretirement">{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7419259 \|title=The Argus. \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=9,122 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=9 September 1875 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=5 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5781498 \|title=WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1866. \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=6,407 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=19 December 1866 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=4 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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	George Henry Taylor was born in England, migrating to Australia on the ship ''Blackall'' in 1858 from London with his wife, Maria.<ref name="2011CHSarticle" />		George Henry Taylor was born in England, migrating to Australia on the ship ''Blackall'' in 1858 from London with his wife, Maria.<ref name="2011CHSarticle" />

	Taylor was one of the first European residents of the area, owning approximately ten acres of land on Mont Albert Road (then called ~~Surrey~~ Road) since at least 1863. In 1865, he constructed his house 'Mountfield' in which he would live for the rest of his life.<ref name="MountfieldHeritageListing">'Mountfield, 6 Mont Albert Road'. Camberwell Conservation Study, pg. 187. Heritage Victoria. 1991. http://images.heritage.vic.gov.au/attachment/15869</ref>		Taylor was one of the first European residents of the area, owning approximately ten acres of land on Mont Albert Road (then called Survey Road) since at least 1863. In 1865, he constructed his house 'Mountfield' in which he would live for the rest of his life.<ref name="MountfieldHeritageListing">'Mountfield, 6 Mont Albert Road'. Camberwell Conservation Study, pg. 187. Heritage Victoria. 1991. http://images.heritage.vic.gov.au/attachment/15869</ref>

	Taylor worked as a solicitor, it appears mainly in company law. His office was located in Eldon Chambers in Melbourne's Bank Place.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5771937 \|title=Advertising \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=5,998 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=26 August 1865 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=7 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>Byrne, Edwina, 'Bank Place'. eMelbourne. https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM01697b.htm</ref>		Taylor worked as a solicitor, it appears mainly in company law. His office was located in Eldon Chambers in Melbourne's Bank Place.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5771937 \|title=Advertising \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=5,998 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=26 August 1865 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=7 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>Byrne, Edwina, 'Bank Place'. eMelbourne. https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM01697b.htm</ref>
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	===Death===		===Death===
	Taylor died at his residence on 10 October 1886.		Taylor died at his residence on 10 October 1886. He was buried at Boroondara Cemetery where the plot remains to this day.<ref name="KewCemeteryBurialListing" />

	==Legacy==		==Legacy==
	The stained glass window in St Luke’s Anglican Church as a memorial to his son remains at the church to this day.<ref name="FergusonandUrie" />		The stained glass window in St Luke’s Anglican Church as a memorial to his son remains at the church to this day.<ref name="FergusonandUrie" /> A similar stained glass window exists in memory of George Henry Taylor himself at [[St Barnabas Anglican Church]] in [[Balwyn]], commissioned by his son who was minister of the church at the time.<ref name="StBarnabasStainedGlass" />

	Taylor's house, 'Mountfield', was sold in 1947 to the Grey Sisters Order for 12,000 pounds.<ref>'Our Story'. Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia & Papua New Guinea. https://institute.mercy.org.au/about-us/family-care-sisters/our-journey-2/</ref> It was then sold again in 2006 to [[Camberwell Girls Grammar School]], where it remains today.		Taylor's house, 'Mountfield', was sold in 1947 to the Grey Sisters Order for 12,000 pounds.<ref>'Our Story'. Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia & Papua New Guinea. https://institute.mercy.org.au/about-us/family-care-sisters/our-journey-2/</ref> It was then sold again in 2006 to [[Camberwell Girls Grammar School]], where it remains today.

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	\| death_date = 10 October 1886 <small>(aged 66)</small><ref name="deatharticle">{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142438253 \|title=Family Notices \|newspaper=[[The Australasian]] \|volume=XLI, \|issue=1072 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=16 October 1886 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=7 (THE AUSTRALASIAN SUPPLEMENT.) \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>		\| death_date = 10 October 1886 <small>(aged 66)</small><ref name="deatharticle">{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142438253 \|title=Family Notices \|newspaper=[[The Australasian]] \|volume=XLI, \|issue=1072 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=16 October 1886 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=7 (THE AUSTRALASIAN SUPPLEMENT.) \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
	\| death_place = 'Mountfield', ~~Boroondara~~<ref name="deatharticle" />		\| death_place = 'Mountfield', 6 [[Mont Albert Road]], [[Canterbury]]<ref name="deatharticle" />
	\| burial_place = [[Boroondara Cemetery]], [[Kew]]<ref name="funeralnotice">{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196007210 \|title=Family Notices \|newspaper=[[The Age]] \|issue=9872 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=11 October 1886 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=8 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>		\| burial_place = [[Boroondara Cemetery]], [[Kew]]<ref name="funeralnotice">{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196007210 \|title=Family Notices \|newspaper=[[The Age]] \|issue=9872 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=11 October 1886 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=8 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
	\| occupation = Solicitor		\| occupation = Solicitor
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	\| religion =		\| religion =
	\| denomination =		\| denomination =
	\| spouse = Maria Taylor<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5781281 \|title=Family Notices \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=6,405 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=17 December 1866 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=4 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>		\| spouse = Maria Taylor (nee O'Brien)<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5781281 \|title=Family Notices \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=6,405 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=17 December 1866 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=4 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name="2011CHSarticle">Hart, Trevor, 'PRIVATE SCHOOLS OF CAMBERWELL NO 1 CELEBRATING 125 YEARS OF SCHOOLING IN CAMBERWELL – THE BEGINNINGS OF CAMBERWELL GRAMMAR SCHOOL'. Camberwell Historical Society. 2011. Issue No. 4. ISSN 1838-0875. https://www.chs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Newsletter-2011-4-March.pdf</ref>
	\| children = Edmund George Taylor, Charles Frederick Taylor<ref name="FergusonandUrie">'14-12-1866: St Luke’s Anglican Church, Yea, Victoria.' 13 June 2012. 'Ferguson and Urie'. https://fergusonandurie.com/2012/06/13/14-12-1866-st-lukes-anglican-church-yea-victoria/</ref>		\| children = Edmund George Taylor, Charles Frederick Taylor<ref name="FergusonandUrie">'14-12-1866: St Luke’s Anglican Church, Yea, Victoria.' 13 June 2012. 'Ferguson and Urie'. https://fergusonandurie.com/2012/06/13/14-12-1866-st-lukes-anglican-church-yea-victoria/</ref>
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	==Life==		==Life==
			George Henry Taylor was born in England, migrating to Australia on the ship ''Blackall'' in 1858 from London with his wife, Maria.<ref name="2011CHSarticle" />

			Taylor was one of the first European residents of the area, owning approximately ten acres of land on Mont Albert Road (then called Surrey Road) since at least 1863. In 1865, he constructed his house 'Mountfield' in which he would live for the rest of his life.<ref name="MountfieldHeritageListing">'Mountfield, 6 Mont Albert Road'. Camberwell Conservation Study, pg. 187. Heritage Victoria. 1991. http://images.heritage.vic.gov.au/attachment/15869</ref>

	Taylor worked as a solicitor, it appears mainly in company law. His office was located in Eldon Chambers in Melbourne's Bank Place.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5771937 \|title=Advertising \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=5,998 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=26 August 1865 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=7 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>Byrne, Edwina, 'Bank Place'. eMelbourne. https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM01697b.htm</ref>		Taylor worked as a solicitor, it appears mainly in company law. His office was located in Eldon Chambers in Melbourne's Bank Place.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5771937 \|title=Advertising \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=5,998 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=26 August 1865 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=7 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>Byrne, Edwina, 'Bank Place'. eMelbourne. https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM01697b.htm</ref>

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	On 14 December 1866, his thirteen-year old son, Edmund George Taylor, accidentally shot and killed himself with a gun while travelling to the town of [[wikipedia:Yea\|Yea]] in central Victoria. He was travelling with his brother, Charles Frederick Taylor. George Taylor commissioned a stained glass window in St Luke’s Anglican Church as a memorial to his lost son, built in 1869.<ref name="FergusonandUrie" />		On 14 December 1866, his thirteen-year old son, Edmund George Taylor, accidentally shot and killed himself with a gun while travelling to the town of [[wikipedia:Yea\|Yea]] in central Victoria. He was travelling with his brother, Charles Frederick Taylor. George Taylor commissioned a stained glass window in St Luke’s Anglican Church as a memorial to his lost son, built in 1869.<ref name="FergusonandUrie" />

			===Death===
			Taylor died at his residence on 10 October 1886.

	==Legacy==		==Legacy==
	The stained glass window in St Luke’s Anglican Church as a memorial to his son remains at the church to this day.<ref name="FergusonandUrie" />		The stained glass window in St Luke’s Anglican Church as a memorial to his son remains at the church to this day.<ref name="FergusonandUrie" />

			Taylor's house, 'Mountfield', was sold in 1947 to the Grey Sisters Order for 12,000 pounds.<ref>'Our Story'. Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia & Papua New Guinea. https://institute.mercy.org.au/about-us/family-care-sisters/our-journey-2/</ref> It was then sold again in 2006 to [[Camberwell Girls Grammar School]], where it remains today.

	==References==		==References==

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	\| name = George Henry Taylor		\| name = George Henry Taylor
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	\| death_date = 10 October 1886 <small>(aged 66)</small><ref name="deatharticle">{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142438253 \|title=Family Notices \|newspaper=[[The Australasian]] \|volume=XLI, \|issue=1072 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=16 October 1886 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=7 (THE AUSTRALASIAN SUPPLEMENT.) \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>		\| death_date = 10 October 1886 <small>(aged 66)</small><ref name="deatharticle">{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142438253 \|title=Family Notices \|newspaper=[[The Australasian]] \|volume=XLI, \|issue=1072 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=16 October 1886 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=7 (THE AUSTRALASIAN SUPPLEMENT.) \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
	\| death_place = 'Mountfield', Boroondara<ref name="deatharticle" />		\| death_place = 'Mountfield', Boroondara<ref name="deatharticle" />
	\| burial_place =		\| burial_place = [[Boroondara Cemetery]], [[Kew]]<ref name="funeralnotice">{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196007210 \|title=Family Notices \|newspaper=[[The Age]] \|issue=9872 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=11 October 1886 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=8 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
	\| occupation = Solicitor		\| occupation = Solicitor
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	==Life==		==Life==
	~~George Henry~~ Taylor		Taylor worked as a solicitor, it appears mainly in company law. His office was located in Eldon Chambers in Melbourne's Bank Place.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5771937 \|title=Advertising \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=5,998 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=26 August 1865 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=7 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>Byrne, Edwina, 'Bank Place'. eMelbourne. https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM01697b.htm</ref>

			He served as Chairman of the Boroondara Road District for two consecutive terms from 1869 to 1870, and from 1870 to 1871.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66843474 \|title=BOROONDARA. \|newspaper=[[South Bourke Standard]] \|volume=X, \|issue=498 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=18 November 1870 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=2 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

	On 14 December 1866, his thirteen-year old son, Edmund George Taylor, accidentally shot and killed himself with a gun while travelling to the town of [[wikipedia:Yea\|Yea]] in central Victoria. He was travelling with his brother, Charles Frederick Taylor. George Taylor commissioned a stained glass window in St Luke’s Anglican Church as a memorial to his lost son, built in 1869.<ref name="FergusonandUrie" />		On 14 December 1866, his thirteen-year old son, Edmund George Taylor, accidentally shot and killed himself with a gun while travelling to the town of [[wikipedia:Yea\|Yea]] in central Victoria. He was travelling with his brother, Charles Frederick Taylor. George Taylor commissioned a stained glass window in St Luke’s Anglican Church as a memorial to his lost son, built in 1869.<ref name="FergusonandUrie" />

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	\| religion =		\| religion =
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	\| spouse =		\| spouse = Maria Taylor<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5781281 \|title=Family Notices \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=6,405 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=17 December 1866 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=4 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
	\| children =		\| children = Edmund George Taylor, Charles Frederick Taylor<ref name="FergusonandUrie">'14-12-1866: St Luke’s Anglican Church, Yea, Victoria.' 13 June 2012. 'Ferguson and Urie'. https://fergusonandurie.com/2012/06/13/14-12-1866-st-lukes-anglican-church-yea-victoria/</ref>
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	'''George Henry Taylor''' was a long-serving [[Members of the Boroondara District Road Board\|member]] and [[Chairmen of the Boroondara District Road Board\|chairman]] of the [[Boroondara Road District]] from 1866 to his retirement in 1874.<ref name="1874electionretirement">{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7419259 \|title=The Argus. \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=9,122 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=9 September 1875 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=5 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>		'''George Henry Taylor''' was a long-serving [[Members of the Boroondara District Road Board\|member]] and [[Chairmen of the Boroondara District Road Board\|chairman]] of the [[Boroondara Road District]] from 1866 to his retirement in 1874.<ref name="1874electionretirement">{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7419259 \|title=The Argus. \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=9,122 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=9 September 1875 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=5 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5781498 \|title=WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1866. \|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] \|issue=6,407 \|location=Victoria, Australia \|date=19 December 1866 \|accessdate=10 January 2026 \|page=4 \|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

			==Life==
			George Henry Taylor

			On 14 December 1866, his thirteen-year old son, Edmund George Taylor, accidentally shot and killed himself with a gun while travelling to the town of [[wikipedia:Yea\|Yea]] in central Victoria. He was travelling with his brother, Charles Frederick Taylor. George Taylor commissioned a stained glass window in St Luke’s Anglican Church as a memorial to his lost son, built in 1869.<ref name="FergusonandUrie" />

			==Legacy==
			The stained glass window in St Luke’s Anglican Church as a memorial to his son remains at the church to this day.<ref name="FergusonandUrie" />

	==References==		==References==

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| death_date = 10 October 1886 <small>(aged 66)</small><ref name="deatharticle">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142438253 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Australasian]] |volume=XLI, |issue=1072 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=16 October 1886 |accessdate=10 January 2026 |page=7 (THE AUSTRALASIAN SUPPLEMENT.) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
| death_place = 'Mountfield', Boroondara<ref name="deatharticle" />
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| occupation = Solicitor
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'''George Henry Taylor''' was a long-serving [[Members of the Boroondara District Road Board|member]] and [[Chairmen of the Boroondara District Road Board|chairman]] of the [[Boroondara Road District]] from 1866 to his retirement in 1874.<ref name="1874electionretirement">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7419259 |title=The Argus. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |issue=9,122 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=9 September 1875 |accessdate=10 January 2026 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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[[Category:Councillors of Boroondara Shire]]
[[Category:Members of the Boroondara District Roads Board]]
[[Category:Chairmen of the Boroondara District Roads Board]]