Brigadier-General Gerald Kyffin-Taylor (9 March 1863 – 11 December 1949) was a British soldier and politician.

His brothers included William Kyffin-Taylor, 1st Baron Maenan

William Kyffin-Taylor, 1st Baron Maenan

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, and Austin Taylor

Austin Taylor (British politician)

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 MP.

In 1884 he qualified as a solicitor

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 and went into partnership with John Lamb, and later in the firm of Snowball, Kyffin-Taylor and Pruddah. In 1886 he joined the Territorial Army, specifically the 5th battalion of the King's (Liverpool) Regiment as a private. In 1889 he transferred to the 2nd Lancashire Brigade, Royal Artillery, being promoted to ensign. In 1907 he became Lieutenant Colonel of the same unit. With the formation of the West Lancs. Territorial Association in 1908 the force became the 1st West Lancs. Brigade R.F.A. (T.A.). 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

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 councillor for the ward of Everton. In July 1910 he was elected at a by-election

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 as a Conservative Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Liverpool Kirkdale

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. He resigned his seat

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on 11 February 1915 due to military commitments.

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