| 词条 | Allen Taylor |
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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable | name = Sir Allen Taylor | honorific-suffix = | image = AllenArthurTaylor 1906.jpg | office = 43rd Lord Mayor of Sydney | term_start = 1 January 1905 | term_end = 31 December 1906 | predecessor = Samuel Edward Lees | successor = Sir Thomas Hughes | term_start1 = 1 January 1909 | term_end1 = 1 May 1912 | predecessor1 = Sir Thomas Hughes | successor1 = George Thomas Clarke | office2 = Alderman of the Sydney City Council | term_start2 = 1 December 1902 | term_end2 = 1 December 1912 | constituency2 = Pyrmont Ward | term_start3 = 1 December 1915 | term_end3 = 30 November 1924 | constituency3 = Bourke Ward | office4 =Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales | predecessor4 = | successor4 = | term_start4 = 23 July 1912 | term_end4 = 30 September 1940 |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1864|05|13}} |birth_place = Wagga Wagga, Colony of New South Wales |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1940|09|30|1864|05|13}} |death_place = Centennial Park, New South Wales, Australia | spouse = Adela Mary Elliot (1886–1924) Linda Turner Hawkes (1926–1940) | party = | relations = | children = | occupation = | religion = | signature = }}Sir Allen Arthur Taylor (13 May 1864 – 30 September 1940) was an Australian businessman and New South Wales state politician who was Lord Mayor of Sydney, Mayor of Annandale and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.[1] Early years and backgroundAllen Arthur Bate was born in Wagga Wagga, Colony of New South Wales, on 13 May 1864, the fourth child of John Bate, a bricklayer from Worcestershire, England, and his wife Martha Jane King.[2]For unknown reasons, Allen changed his surname from 'Bate' to 'Taylor' sometime between 1890 and 1895.[1] Eventually becoming a contractor, Taylor built up a business in timber supply and shipping, founding the firm of Allen Taylor & Company, of which he was managing director.[2] In the 1890s he also became chairman of directors of the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company and the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, thus promoting economic development of the North and South coast regions of New South Wales. Expanding his business interests, Taylor also became a local director of the London Bank of Australia, a director of the Insurance Office of Australia and a trustee of the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales.[1] Political career and later yearsA prominent member of the Annandale, and indeed Sydney community, in 1895 Taylor stood and was elected as an Alderman on Annandale Municipal Council, which had the year before separated from the Leichhardt Municipality. He eventually rose to become Mayor from 1897 to 1900 and from 1901 to 1903. As mayor, Taylor worked towards the construction of a dedicated Council Chambers and town hall, which was completed during his term as mayor in September 1899.[3] He would remain on the council until 1907 and Taylor Street in Annandale now bears his name.[4] Taylor, while still an alderman for Annandale, was elected to Sydney City Council for Pyrmont Ward on 1 December 1902. After its formation in 1920, he was a member of the Civic Reform Association.[8] Taylor was eventually elected to be Lord Mayor of Sydney for two years from 1905 to 1906 and embarked on an ambitious programme of civic improvement, having acquired special powers from parliament for revenue-raising.[1] Among his achievements during his time as Lord Mayor, particularly during his second term from January 1909 to May 1912, was the programme of slum-clearance around Wexford Street, Surry Hills, to create Wentworth Avenue, the widening of Oxford Street, to ease traffic and upgrade tram infrastructure, and the creation of the square that now bears his name at the centre of it in Darlinghurst.[5] On 25 July 1911, he was made a Knight Bachelor for his service as Lord Mayor, on the occasion of King George V's coronation.[6] In early May 1912, Taylor resigned as Lord Mayor owing to the 'strains of office'.[7] Popular while in office, on his resignation the Sydney Morning Herald noted that Taylor as Lord Mayor had: "thus proved himself to be a man of fine capacity. His long views have been singularly well balanced by business acumen, as numerous resumption negotiations have shown. His municipal ideals have had for centre and substance the foundation of Sydney as a city worthy of its great future. His retirement is a public loss, but for himself personally is the consolation that he will carry with him into private life the esteem of the whole community."[8] In July 1912 Taylor was given a life appointment to the New South Wales Legislative Council. However, with the abolition of life appointments and the introduction of indirect elections to the council in 1933, Taylor was elected as a member on 5 December 1933.[2] Taylor supported successive conservative parties in NSW, sitting in the Legislative Council for the Liberal Reform, Nationalist and United Australia parties respectively during his time on the council.[2] On 1 December 1912, Taylor lost his seat on Sydney City Council and in January 1914 attempted to return via a by-election in Lang Ward caused by the resignation of former Lord Mayor Sir Alfred Cocks, but was unsuccessful against flour mill director, John Spencer Brunton.[9] He eventually returned, however, when he was elected on 1 December 1915 to serve on Bourke Ward. He served on council until he resigned on 30 November 1924.[5] Following the death of Lady Taylor in May 1924, Taylor remarried on 29 December 1926 to Linda Turner Hawkes, née Carter. Taylor also served the community as a director of the Benevolent Society of New South Wales from 1909 to 1913 and of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital from 1916 to 1936. On 30 September 1940, survived by his second wife and son, Taylor died at his home in Lang Road, Centennial Park and was buried in Waverley Cemetery.[2] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web | url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/taylor-sir-allen-arthur-8753| title=Taylor, Sir Allen Arthur (1864–1940)| publisher=Australian National University | work=Australian Dictionary of Biography | accessdate=2 April 2013 | author=Roberts, Alan}} {{s-start}}{{s-civ}}{{s-bef| before= John Young }}{{s-ttl |title= Mayor of Annandale | years =1897{{spaced ndash}}1900 }}{{s-aft|rows=2|after= William Wells }}{{s-bef| before= William Wells }}{{s-ttl |title= Mayor of Annandale | years =1901{{spaced ndash}}1903 }}{{s-bef| before= Samuel Edward Lees }}{{s-ttl |title= Lord Mayor of Sydney | years =1905{{spaced ndash}}1906 }}{{s-aft|after= Sir Thomas Hughes }}{{s-bef| before= Sir Thomas Hughes }}{{s-ttl |title= Lord Mayor of Sydney | years =1909{{spaced ndash}}1912 }}{{s-aft|after= George Thomas Clarke }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Allen}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=Sir Allen Arthur TAYLOR (1864–1940)|url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/ec78138918334ce3ca256ea200077f5d/c2db00b972c38d83ca256e7b0009f670?OpenDocument|work=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of New South Wales|accessdate=3 April 2013}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113263684 |title=NEW COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT ANNANDALE. |newspaper=Evening News |issue=10,077 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 September 1899 |accessdate=28 May 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Elected Representatives|url=http://www.leichhardt.nsw.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/1344/LMC%20Elected%20Reps%20List%20-%20Annandale%20-%201894%20to%201948.pdf.aspx|work=Annandale Municipal Council 1894 to 1948|publisher=Leichhardt Municipal Council|accessdate=2 April 2013}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Allen Taylor|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/allen-taylor/|work=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|accessdate=3 April 2013}} 6. ^{{cite web|title= TAYLOR, Allen|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1083019&search_type=quick&showInd=true|work=It's an Honour database|publisher=Australian Government|accessdate=3 April 2013}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39915642 |title=LORD MAYOR RESIGNS|newspaper=The Cairns Post |location=Qld |date=17 April 1912 |accessdate=3 April 2013 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 8. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15348889 |title=SIR ALLEN TAYLOR. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=16 April 1912 |accessdate=3 April 2013 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 9. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15473397 |title=Lang Ward – Sir Allen Taylor Defeated. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2 February 1914 |accessdate=3 April 2013 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 15 : 1864 births|1940 deaths|Australian businesspeople|Australian Anglicans|Australian people of English descent|Civic Reform Association politicians|Australian Knights Bachelor|Mayors and Lord Mayors of Sydney|Mayors of Annandale|Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council|Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales|New South Wales local government politicians|People from Wagga Wagga|United Australia Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales|Politicians awarded knighthoods |
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