1114 Francis Taylor

Constituency : Norfolk  South  1885-98

Francis  won  Norfolk  South , now  a  single  member  seat. It  had  been  split  between  the  parties  in  1880  and  the  Liberal  member  Francis  was  replacing  was  Robert  Gurdon  who  had  switched  to  Mid  Norfolk.

Francis  came  from  a  family  of  brewers, partners  in  the  firm  of  "Taylor  and  Dowson's"  in  the  town  of  Diss. He  was  a  Poor  Law  Guardian  in  Norfolk  and  then  a  magistrate.

In  1886  Francis  went  over  to  the  Liberal  Unionists.

Francis  retired  on  health  grounds  in  1898.

He  died  in  1915  aged  70.