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Taylor was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1900.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27211/pages/4433 no. 27211.  p. 4433.]  17 July, 1900.</ref>
 
Taylor was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1900.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27211/pages/4433 no. 27211.  p. 4433.]  17 July, 1900.</ref>
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He was appointed command of [[H.M.S. Hood (1891)|''Hood'']] on 14 July, 1910.{{CN}}
  
 
He retired with the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 1 September, 1910.
 
He retired with the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 1 September, 1910.

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Captain Arthur Trevelyan Taylor, C.B.E., Royal Navy (8 August, 1864 – 16 June, 1956) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

At the examination for Naval Cadetships, Taylor placed joint twenty-fourth out of the successful batch of forty-six candidates.[1]

Taylor was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1900.[2]

He was appointed command of Hood on 14 July, 1910.[Citation needed]

He retired with the rank of Captain on 1 September, 1910.

Footnotes

  1. "Naval Cadetships" (News). The Times. Saturday, 30 June, 1877. Issue 28982, col A, pg. 14.
  2. London Gazette: no. 27211. p. 4433. 17 July, 1900.

Bibliography

  • "Captain A. T. Taylor" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 18 June, 1956. Issue 53560, col B, pg. 14.

Service Records