Brook Taylor (diplomat)

Sir Brook Taylor (1776 – 15 October 1846) was a British diplomat.

The younger brother of Sir Herbert Taylor, soldier and private secretary to the Sovereign,[1] Brook Taylor joined the diplomatic service and was British minister to Hesse-Cassel and Cologne 1801–06,[2] to Denmark in 1807, to Württemberg 1814–20,[3] to Bavaria 1820–28 and to Prussia 1828–31.[4] He was knighted GCH in 1822, and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1829.[5] He deputised for Sir Herbert during the latter's absences from the court.[6]

  1. ^ Herbert Taylor at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. ^ "No. 15336". The London Gazette. 10 February 1801. p. 174.
  3. ^ "No. 16915". The London Gazette. 9 July 1814. p. 1389.
  4. ^ "No. 18427". The London Gazette. 28 December 1827. p. 2644.
  5. ^ "No. 18620". The London Gazette. 16 October 1829. p. 1893.
  6. ^ Sir Brook Taylor (1776-1846), historyhome