John Taylor, Baron Ingrow

John Taylor, Baron Ingrow

John Aked Taylor, Baron Ingrow, OBE, TD, DL, JP, (15 August 1917 – 7 February 2002) was a British soldier and politician.

Born to Percy and Gladys Taylor, he was educated at Shrewsbury School. Taylor served in the Royal Signals in Norway during the World War II and was decorated with the Territorial Decoration.

In 1960, Taylor was made an Officer of the British Empire. He was knighted in 1972 and created a life peer as Baron Ingrow, of Keighley in the County of West Yorkshire on 31 January 1983. From 1985 to 1992 he was Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, having been a Deputy Lieutenant before.

Lord Taylor was married to Barbara Stirk since 1949; they had two daughters.

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*cite web | url= http://www.thepeerage.com/p19145.htm| title= thePeerage| accessdate= 2006-11-02


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