James Arthur Taylor

{{Short description|British Conservative politician}}

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|office = Member of Parliament
for East Worcestershire

|term_start = 12 July 1841

|term_end = 7 August 1847

|predecessor = Horace St Paul
John Barneby

|successor = John Hodgetts-Foley
George Rushout

|alongside = George Rushout (Jan. 1847–Jul. 1847)
John Barneby (1841–Jan. 1847)

|birth_date = 18 June 1817

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James Arthur Taylor (18 June 1817 – 14 June 1889){{cite web |last1=Rayment |first1=Leigh |title=The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W" |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons5.htm|website=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page |accessdate=11 August 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728171628/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons5.htm|archivedate=28 July 2018 |url-status=usurped |date=16 March 2018 }} was a British Conservative politician.{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive |date=1845 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |pages=127–128 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA127 |via=Google Books |accessdate=11 August 2019}}

Taylor was the eldest son of James Taylor of Moseley Hall, Moseley, Worcestershire and Louisa née Skeye, daughter of Samuel Skeye of Spring Grove, Worcestershire. He was first educated at Winchester School, and was admitted as a pensioner and then matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1835 and 1836 respectively.{{cite web |title=Taylor, James Arthur |url=https://membersafter1832.historyofparliamentonline.org/members/7267 |website=A Cambridge Alumni Database |publisher=University of Cambridge |accessdate=11 August 2019}}

He was elected Conservative MP for East Worcestershire at the 1841 general election and held the seat until 1847 when he did not seek re-election.{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|page=484}}

In 1843, he married Maria Theresa Rush, daughter of George Rush of Ellenham Hall, Northamptonshire.{{cite web |title=James Taylor |url=https://membersafter1832.historyofparliamentonline.org/members/7267 |website=Members of Parliament after 1832 |publisher=History of Parliament Online |accessdate=11 August 2019}} He was also a member of the Carlton Club and the Oxford and Cambridge Club.{{cite web |title=Rush, Maria Theresa |url=https://membersafter1832.historyofparliamentonline.org/spouses/6800 |website=Members of Parliament after 1832 |publisher=History of Parliament Online |accessdate=11 August 2019}}