Introduction
John Ralph Strickland Taylor (13 December 1883 - 13 December 1961) was Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1942 to 1954.
Early life
He was born into an ecclesiastical family on 13 December 1883 and educated at Marlborough and Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Family Life
His daughter Leila Margaret Taylor was born in 1920 and his son John Vernon Taylor was the Bishop of Winchester from 1974 to 1984
Religious life
Ordained in 1910 after a period of study at Ridley Hall, Cambridge he was then Chaplain, Tutor and Vice Principal there until he became Chaplain of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. From 1818 until 1928 he was Headmaster of St Lawrence College, Ramsgate. Later he was Rector of Hodnet then Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford - a post he held until his elevation to the Episcopate.
He died on 13 December 1961.