William Kirwan-Taylor

William Kirwan-Taylor

OBE

Full name	William John Kirwan-Taylor
Date of birth	(1905-06-29)29 June 1905
Place of birth	Sutton, Surrey, England
Date of death	28 August 1994(1994-08-28) (aged 89)
Place of death	Lausanne, Switzerland
University	Trinity College, Cambridge
Notable relative(s)	Alfred Suenson-Taylor (brother) Charles Taylor (brother) Edward Mountain (grandson)
Occupation(s)	Surveyor
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1928 England 5 (6)

Lieutenant colonel William John Kirwan-Taylor (29 June 1905 – 28 August 1994), also known as John Taylor, was an English international rugby union player of the 1920s.

Kirwan-Taylor was born in Sutton, Surrey. One of his brothers was the long-serving Conservative MP Charles Taylor and another, Alfred Suenson-Taylor, 1st Baron Grantchester, stood unsuccessfully for the House of Commons. He read law at Trinity College, Cambridge, and featured in the 1926 Varsity Match for Cambridge University.

In 1928, Kirwan-Taylor gained five England caps as a right wing three-quarter, which included all four matches of their grand slam-winning Five Nations campaign, contributing a try against Wales at Swansea.

Kirwan-Taylor, a surveyor by profession, served as a lieutenant colonel with the Rifle Brigade during World War II and was also a General Staff Officer in the American 1st Airborne Division. He was made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1946 Birthday Honours for his military service.

See also

• List of England national rugby union players

External links

• William Kirwan-Taylor at ESPNscrum