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TAYLER, ARCHDALE DRURY, son of Rev. Henry Carr Archdale Tayler, Rector of Orwell, Cambs., and Lydia Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Hugh Arthur Bishop, Rector of Cley next the Sea, Norfolk; great-nephew of Archdale Wilson Tayler (qv); b. 26 Jul 1862; adm. 15 Jun 1876 (J); left Dec 1878; Non-Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1881; d. at Brandon, Virginia, USA 18 Jul 1890.

TAWKE, ARTHUR CHRISTIAN, son of Arthur Tawke MD, Norwich, and Hannah, dau. of Edward Smyth; b. 19 Apr 1847; adm. 27 Jan 1859 (G); Ensign, 10th Foot 25 Jan 1865; Lieut., 32nd Foot 3 Apr 1867; Capt., Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 29 Jan 1879; Maj., 1 Apr 1886; retd. 11 Apr 1888; Lieut. -Col., 18 Oct 1902; JP Essex; m. 1870 Mary, third dau. of Right Rev. Nathaniel James Merriman, Bishop of Grahamstown, South Africa; d. at Claremont, South Africa 4 Jul 1927.

TAVERNER, JOHN, third son of Peter Taverner, Hexton, Herts., and Frances, dau. of Thomas Docwra, Putteridge, Herts.; b. 1584; at school under Camden (M. I. Stoke Newington, Middlesex); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. c. 1597, scholar 1599; BA 1601/2; MA 1605 (incorp. Oxford 10 Mar 1605/6); Secretary to Right Rev. John King (qv), Bishop of London, for nine years; Professor of Music, Gresham Coll., London, from 17 Nov 1610; ordained deacon 24 Dec 1620, priest 13 Mar 1624/5 (both London); Vicar of Tillingham, Essex 1624-9; Rector of Hexton, Herts., from 1629; Rector of Stoke Newington, Middlesex, from 30 Sep 1629; the autograph MS of nine of his lectures is preserved in the British Library (Sloane MS 2329); d. unm. Aug 1638. DNB (s. v. Richard Taverner).

TAUNTON, WILLIAM ELIAS, eldest son of Sir William Elias Taunton (qv); b. 8 Jan 1818; adm. 8 Jun 1830 (G); KS 1832; left 1836; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1836; BA 1842; MA 1847 (incorp. Oxford 22 Jun 1848); of Freeland Lodge, Oxfordshire; DL JP Oxfordshire; m. 18 Oct 1848 Sarah Percival, sister of Percival Walsh (qv); d. 23 Mar 1873.

TAUNTON, SIR WILLIAM ELIAS, eldest son of Sir William Elias Taunton, Kt, Town Clerk of Oxford, and Frances, dau. of Stephen Grosvenor, Sub-Treasurer, Christ Church, Oxford; bapt. 28 Sep 1772; adm. 15 Jan 1785; KS 1785; one of the founders of The Trifler; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1789, matr. 12 Jun 1789, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1789 - void 25 Jun 1801; Chancellor’s Prize for English Essay 1793; BA 1793; MA 1796; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Jan 1794, called to bar 3 May 1799, Bencher 30 Jan 1822 - 11 Nov 1830; Oxford Circuit; Commissioner of Bankrupts 1801 (occurs in annual lists 1802-22); Recorder of Oxford 1806; KC Hilary 1822; Serjeant-at-Law 11 Nov 1830; Judge of the King’s Bench from 12 Nov 1830; knighted 17 Nov 1830; assisted in preparing the Record Commission’s edition of The Statutes of the Realm, published 1810-22; author, Remarks upon the Conduct of the respective Governments of France and Great Britain in the late Negotiation for Peace, 1797; m. 10 Oct 1814 Maria, youngest dau. of Henry William Atkinson, Provost, Company of Moneyers, Royal Mint; d. 11 Jan 1835. DNB.

TATTON, WILLIAM, son of George Tatton, London; b.; adm.; KS 1674; failed to obtain election 1677; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1678, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1678, aged 18, scholar 1679, matr. 1679; BA 1683/4; ordained deacon (Winchester) 23 Sep 1683; Curate, Wandsworth, Surrey 1683.

TATTON, NEVILLE; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1739; left 1740; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 31 Aug 1744; Lieut. and Capt., 26 Jun 1745; Capt. -Lieut. and Lieut. -Col., 18 Nov 1755; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1 Jun 1756; Col., 13 Feb 1762; Major-Gen., 30 Apr 1770; 3rd Maj., 1st Foot Guards 10 Nov 1770; 2nd Maj., 3 May 1773 – Jan 1775 [?]; m. 1st, 10 Aug 1763 Elizabeth Howell, Richmond; m. 2nd, 29 Oct 1774 Martha Churchill, widow; d. 27 Aug 1792 [check : not in Army List 1790].

TATTERSALL, WILLIAM DE CHAIR, third son of James Tattersall (adm. 1724/5); b. 31 Aug 1751; in school lists 1764; KS (aged 13) 1765; his acting in role of Phormio in the Latin Play of 1769 is said to have been praised by Garrick; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1770, matr. 15 Jun 1770, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1770 - void 12 Apr 1779 (expiry year of grace as R. Westbourne from 18 Jun 1778); BA 1774; MA 1777; ordained priest (Winchester) 21 Sep 1775; Curate, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London, in 1775-7; Vicar of Wotton under Edge, Gloucs. 13 Jun 1778; Rector of Westbourne, Sussex, from 1778; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III and IV from 1803; Vicar of Ledsham, Yorks. , 20 May 1813-20; JP Gloucestershire; author, A Version or Paraphrase of the Psalms by J. Merrick, adapted to the Purposes of Devotion, 1789, and the first part of An Improved Psalmody, 1794; m. 16 Feb 1779 Mary, eldest dau. of George Ward, Wandsworth, Surrey; d. 26 Mar 1829. DNB.

TATTERSALL, RICHARD, eldest son of Edmund Tattersall, Grosvenor Place, London, horse auctioneer, and Elizabeth Willshin; b. 1785; at school under Vincent (Pycroft, Oxford Memories ii, 54-5); succeeded to the business of horse auctioneer established by his grandfather Richard Tattersall at Hyde Park Corner, London; known as “Old Dick” by attenders at his sales; m. Mary Grace Robson; d. 22 Jul 1859.