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===[[name::Joseph]] [[name::TAYLOR]] [[date of birth::1693]]?-[[date of death::1746]]===

====Biographical Note====
Son of Captain [[family::Joseph Taylor]], naval officer, of [[location::Plymouth]], from whom he inherited the family estates in 1733. Matriculated at [[education::Exeter College, Oxford]] 1710, but did not graduate; admitted at the [[organisations::Middle Temple]], 1712. [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Ashburton]], 1739-41.

====Books====
Taylor used an engraved armorial bookplate, dated 1710, made when he was at Oxford (Franks 29005). The extent and disposition of his library is not known; his lengthy will is largely concerned with money and property, and has no mention of books (his residual goods and chattels were left in trust to his wife and others, to be sold or disposed of at their discretion).

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*[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D535506 Will of Joseph Taylor, the National Archives PROB 11/748/55].
*[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/taylor-joseph-1693-1746 History of Parliament].
*Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903-4.
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