George Watson-Taylor

George Watson-Taylor (1771 – 6 June 1841), of was a British-born Jamaican writer, plantation owner, politician and collector. In 1810, he married into the family of the planter Sir John Taylor, 1st Baronet, in time adding the Taylor surname to his own, and becoming the richest planter on Jamaica. He bought a house in Cavendish Square, London, and Erlestoke Park, near Devizes, Wiltshire. As MP for a number of constituencies, where he was brought in without contests, he supported the Tory administration, and campaigned for the retention of slavery.

Watson-Taylor was a renowned fine art collector. His finances later collapsed, and he died on 6 June 1841, in Edinburgh.