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Up for sale a RARE "1st Earl of Bective" Thomas Taylour Hand Written Free Frank Dated 1804.
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Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective, KP, PC (Ire) (20 October
1724 – 14 February 1795) was an Irish peer and politician. He was the
oldest son of Sir Thomas
Taylor, 2nd Baronet and his wife Sarah Graham, daughter of John
Graham. In 1757, Bective succeeded his father as baronet. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Bective
entered the Irish House of Commons in
1747 and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kells until
1760, when he was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron
Headfort, of Headfort, in the County of Meath. He was further honoured in
1762, he was made Viscount Headfort, of Headfort, in the County of
Meath in 1762, and on 24 October 1766, he was advanced to the dignity
of Earl of Bective, of Bective Castle, in the County of Meath. In
1783, Bective became a founding member of the Most
Illustrious Order of St Patrick and
in 1785 he was sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland. On
4 July 1754, he married Jane Rowley, daughter of Hercules
Langford Rowley and his wife Elizabeth
Rowley, 1st Viscountess Langford. They had four daughters and six
sons. Bective died aged 70 and was succeeded in his titles by his son Hercules and his
third son Robert represented
both the same constituency as their father. The fourth son Clotworthy was
ennobled in his own right as Baron Langford. His grandson General Sir
Richard Taylor enjoyed a distinguished career in the army.
