See also:GEORGE See also:- TAYLOR
- TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
- TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
- TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
- TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
- TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
- TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
- TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
- TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
- TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
- TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
- TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
- TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
- TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
- TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)
TAYLOR See also:DENISON (1839- )
, See also:Canadian soldier and publicist, was See also:born in See also:Toronto on the 31st of See also:August 1839
.
In 1861 he was called to the See also:bar, and was from 1865-1867 a member of the See also:city See also:council
.
From the first he took a prominent See also:part in the organization of the military forces of See also:Canada, becoming a See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel in the active See also:militia in 1866
.
He saw active service during the Fenian See also:raid of 1866, and during the See also:rebellion of 1885
.
Owing to his dissatisfaction with the conduct of the Conservative See also:ministry during the Red See also:River Rebellion in 1869-7o, he abandoned that party, and in 1872 unsuccessfully contested Algoma in the Liberal See also:interest
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Thereafter he remained See also:free from party ties
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In 1877 he was appointed See also:police See also:magistrate of Toronto
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Colonel See also:Denison was one of the founders of the " Canada First " party, which did much to shape the See also:national aspirations from 187o to 1878, and was a consistent supporter of imperial federation and of preferential See also:trade between See also:Great See also:Britain and her colonies
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He became a member of the Royal Society of Canada, and was See also:president of the See also:section dealing with See also:English See also:history and 'literature
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The best known of his military See also:works is his History of See also:Modern See also:Cavalry (See also:London, 1877), which was awarded first See also:prize by the See also:Russian See also:government in an open competition and has been translated into See also:German, Russian and See also:Japanese
.
In 1900 he published his reminiscences under the See also:title of Soldiering in Canada
.
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