Gerald Kyffin-Taylor

Brigadier-General Gerald Kyffin-Taylor (1863-1949) was a British soldier and politician.

In 1884 he qualified as a solicitor and went into partnership with John Lamb, and later in the firm of Snowball, Kyffin-Taylor and Pruddah. In 1886 he joined the Territorial Army, specifically the 5th battalion of the King's (Liverpool) Regiment as a private. In 1889 he transferred to the 2nd Lancashire Brigade, Royal Artillery, being promoted to ensign. In 1907 he became Lieutenant Colonel of the same unit. With the formation of the West Lancs. Territorial Association in 1908 the force became the 1st West Lancs. Brigade R.F.A. (T.A.). He retired from the Brigade in 1911, but was appointed to command the Artillery of the West Lancashire Division in 1915 as a temporary colonel. In 1917 he promoted to Brigadier General.

Between 1905 and 1919 he served as a Conservative councillor for the ward of Everton. In 1910 he was also elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament representing Liverpool Kirkdale, which he resigned in 1915 due to military committments. [ [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=138-920md423&cid=-1 National Archives] ]

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