TAYLOR, Robin Pagan (d 2018)

[colinp]

From the Daily Telegraph 7 December 2018 - TAYLOR Robin Pagan died peacefully 4th December, aged 67, after a long illness bravely borne. Dearly beloved by all his family, children and grandchildren. Cremation will take place at Hereford Crematorium, Westfaling St, Hereford HR4 0JE at 1.30pm Tuesday 18th December.

He m 1979 Marie Louisa  b 1951 daughter of Major Edward Henry Vernon HARINGTON (1907 - 1995) (scion of the HARINGTON Baronets (E 1611) being the son of His Honour Judge Edward Harington 3rd son of the 11th Baronet) by his second wife (1950) Mary Johanna Jean nee COX (d 2007) and they had two sons  William Vernon b 1980 and Philip Edward b 1984

[G. Willis]

Some details of the Taylor family:

R. P. Taylor of The Pulpits, Little Hereford, Salop., educ. Eton, 2nd Lt, Coldstream Guards. He s. of John Philip Pagan Taylor (1915-1986), of Clifford Manor, nr Stratford-on-Avon, Warwicks., Maj., Gordon Highlanders, farmer, and (m. 1948) Heather Felicia (1924-2013), dau. of Spenser Aldborough Flower (1878-1939), of Ilmington Manor and of Sweet Knowle, Warwicks., Maj., R.A.F., life trustee, Guardians of Shakespeare's Birthplace, vice-chairman, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre [see Flower of The Hill, BLG 1965; the family were heavily involved in preservation of the Shakespearean legacy, his elder brother, Sir Archibald Dennis Flower, mayor of Stratford-upon-Avon 1900-2, 1915-18, and 1931, being chairman of both these bodies, and their grandfather, Edward Fordham Flower (1805-1883) having campaigned for, and substantially financially contributed to, the establishment of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre].

J. P. P. Taylor s. of Capt. Arthur Edgar Taylor (1878-1949), of Downside, Charmouth, Dorset and Eileen Pagan (1891-1957), dau. of Dr Thomas Pagan Lowe. Capt. Taylor's father was James Davis Taylor (1841-1905), of Blair Athole, Oldfield Park, Bath, formerly of Southstoke House, nr Bath, brewer and maltster (founder, James D. Taylor & Sons.), who m. Hester Anna, dau. of John Fry, of North End Farm, Clutton, Bristol, yeoman. James Davis Taylor's father was Charles, a yeoman of Manor Farm, Stanton Prior, Somerset, who m. Mary Davis. The pedigree constructed by Martin Pagan Taylor, elder brother of Robin, goes back a further five generations through yeoman farmers to Richard Taylor, b. 1600, of Breach Farm, Pensford, Somerset, a property held by the family for several succeeding generations.

[G. Willis]

Sorry, I forgot to include Robin Taylor's birth date of 20th April, 1951, as per BLG 1965's Flower of The Hill pedigree. [EDITED- initially posted birth year rather than date, which was pointless given the age specified in Colin's post!]