Stephen Taylor, Baron Taylor
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Stephen James Lake Taylor, Baron Taylor (SJL Taylor) (30 December 1910 – 1 February 1988) was a British
physician
, civil servant
, politician
and educator
.
Born in Wycombe
, from 1940 to 1944 he was Director of Home Intelligence and Wartime Social Survey in the Ministry of Information, and Labour
Member of Parliament
for Barnet
from 1945 to 1950. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary
to the Deputy Prime Minister
and Lord President of the Council
from 1947 until 1950. He was a policy advisor on the National Health Service
.
In August 1958, he was created a life peer
as Baron Taylor, of Harlow
in the County of Essex
. He served in government as Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
and Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
from 1964 to 1966. He resigned from Labour Party in 1981 to sit as a cross-bencher.
Lord Taylor was also Medical Director of Harlow Industrial Health Service, and President and Vice-Chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland
from 1967 to 1973.
In 1962, he mediated the end to the Saskatchewan Doctors' Strike
in Saskatchewan
, Canada
. He died in Wrexham
aged 77.
Taylor married Charity Clifford
, a medical doctor and later Governor of Holloway Prison
, in 1939.
United Kingdom
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physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
, civil servant
British Civil Service
Her Majesty's Home Civil Service, also known as the Home Civil Service, is the permanent bureaucracy of Crown employees that supports Her Majesty's Government - the government of the United Kingdom, composed of a Cabinet of ministers chosen by the prime minister, as well as the devolved...
, politician
Politician
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and educator
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
.
Born in Wycombe
Wycombe
Wycombe is a local government district in Buckinghamshire in south central England. It is administered by Wycombe District Council in the town of High Wycombe. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972...
, from 1940 to 1944 he was Director of Home Intelligence and Wartime Social Survey in the Ministry of Information, and Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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for Barnet
Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)
Barnet was a parliamentary constituency in what is now the London Borough of Barnet, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.-History:...
from 1945 to 1950. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary
Parliamentary Private Secretary
A Parliamentary Private Secretary is a role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament by a senior minister in government or shadow minister to act as their contact for the House of Commons; this role is junior to that of Parliamentary Under-Secretary, which is a ministerial post, salaried by...
to the Deputy Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister
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and Lord President of the Council
Lord President of the Council
The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer and above the Lord Privy Seal. The Lord President usually attends each meeting of the Privy Council, presenting business for the monarch's approval...
from 1947 until 1950. He was a policy advisor on the National Health Service
National Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
.
In August 1958, he was created a life peer
Life peer
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as Baron Taylor, of Harlow
Harlow
Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the Stort Valley, The town is near the M11 motorway and forms part of the London commuter belt.The district has a current population of 78,889...
in the County of Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
. He served in government as Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
The Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations was a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom Government from 1947 until 1966. The holder was responsible for assisting the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations in dealing with British relationship with members of the...
and Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies was a junior Ministerial post in the United Kingdom government, subordinate to the Secretary of State for the Colonies and, from 1948, also to a Minister of State....
from 1964 to 1966. He resigned from Labour Party in 1981 to sit as a cross-bencher.
Lord Taylor was also Medical Director of Harlow Industrial Health Service, and President and Vice-Chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Memorial University of Newfoundland, is a comprehensive university located primarily in St...
from 1967 to 1973.
In 1962, he mediated the end to the Saskatchewan Doctors' Strike
Saskatchewan Doctors' Strike
The 1962 Saskatchewan Doctors' Strike was a 23-day labour action exercised by medical doctors in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in an attempt to force the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government of Saskatchewan to rescind its program of universal medical insurance...
in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He died in Wrexham
Wrexham
Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England...
aged 77.
Taylor married Charity Clifford
Charity Taylor
Charity Taylor was a medical doctor and prison administrator. In 1945, she was appointed the first woman Governor of Holloway Prison. Taylor was the first woman prison governor in the United Kingdom...
, a medical doctor and later Governor of Holloway Prison
Holloway (HM Prison)
HM Prison Holloway is a closed category prison for adult women and Young Offenders, located in the Holloway area of the London Borough of Islington, in north and Inner London, England...
, in 1939.
Books
- 1949 Shadows in the Sun: the Story of the Fight Against Tropical Diseases (with Phyllis Gadsden)
- A Natural History of Everyday Life
- 1961 First Aid in the Factory and on the Building Site and Farm, in the Shop, Office and Warehouse
- 1964 Mental Health and Environment (with Sidney Chave)