Gerald Kyffin-Taylor

Brigadier-General Gerald Kyffin-Taylor was a British soldier and politician.
Kyffin-Taylor was educated at Liverpool College. His brothers included William Kyffin-Taylor, 1st Baron Maenan, and Austin Taylor MP.
In 1884 he qualified as a solicitor and went into partnership with John Lamb, and later in the firm of Snowball, Kyffin-Taylor and Pruddah. In 1886, he joined the volunteer force. He retired from the brigade in 1911, but was appointed to command the artillery of the West Lancashire Division in 1915 as a temporary colonel. In 1917 he was promoted to brigadier general.
Between 1905 and 1919 he served as a Conservative councillor for the ward of Everton. He was elected at a by-election in July 1910 as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Liverpool Kirkdale. He resignation from the [British House of Commons|resigned his seat] on 11 February 1915 due to military commitments.