Arthur Trevelyan Taylor

Captain Arthur Trevelyan Taylor, C.B.E., Royal Navy (8 August, 1864 – 16 June, 1956) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

At the examination for Naval Cadetships, Taylor placed joint twenty-fourth out of the successful batch of forty-six candidates.^[1]

Taylor was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 21 June, 1887.

On 4 July, 1888, he was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 41 for manoeuvres.^[2]

An appointment in command of the gunboat Plover dated 19 July, 1898 was cancelled and he was instead placed in the torpedo gunboat Hebe.

Taylor was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1900.^[3]

He was appointed in command of the battleship Hood on 14 July, 1910.

He was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Captain on 1 September, 1910.

"Captain A. T. Taylor" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 18 June, 1956. Issue 53560, col B, pg. 14.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Reginald B. Colmore	Captain of H.M. T.B. 41 4 Jul, 1888^[4] – 24 Aug, 1888	Succeeded by Michael J. Ahern
Preceded by Arthur B. F. Dawson	Captain of H.M.S. Hebe 19 Jul, 1898^[5] – 2 Mar, 1901	Succeeded by William Sims
Preceded by Henry H. Bruce	Captain of H.M.S. Tyne 15 Oct, 1903^[6] – 1 Aug, 1905	Succeeded by Maurice H. H. Nelson
Preceded by Warren H. D'Oyly	Captain of H.M.S. Emerald 1 Sep, 1908^[7] – 14 Jul, 1910	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Thomas L. Shelford	Captain of H.M.S. Hood 14 Jul, 1910 – 1 Sep, 1910	Succeeded by John C-T. Glossop

↑ "Naval Cadetships" (News). The Times. Saturday, 30 June, 1877. Issue 28982, col A, p. 14.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 3 July, 1888. Issue 32428, col A, p. 10.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 27211. p. 4433. 17 July, 1900.
↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 3 July, 1888. Issue 32428, col A, p. 10.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 263.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 388.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 307.