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GARRETT  TAYLOR. 
A WELL-KNOWN  figure  in  the  agricultural  world  has  been 
removed  by  the  death  of  Mr.  Garrett  Taylor,  of  Trowse  House, 
Norwich,  which  occurred  on  December  31,  1909,  in  his  sixty- 
eighth  year. 
He  joined  the  Society  as  a Member  in  the  year  1875,  and 
in  1889  was  elected  to  the  Council,  in  which  office  he  con- 
tinued until  the  year  1905,  when,  in  consequence  of  increasing 
engagements,  he  felt  it  necessary  to  retire.  When  the  Show 
was  held  at  Norwich  in  1886  Mr.  Garrett  Taylor  was  Local 
Honorary  Secretary,  and  as  Agent  of  the  late  Mr.  Jeremiah 
Colman,  who  owned  the  site  of  this  Showyard,  had  much  to 
do  with  the  improvements  which  were  carried  out,  with  the 
result  that  the  Showyard  was  of  the  most  convenient  and 
perfect  character.  Mr.  Taylor  was  Steward  of  Live  Stock 
from  1894  to  1897,  occupying  the  position  of  Senior  Steward 
at  the  great  Show  at  Manchester  in  the  year  of  Queen  Victoria’s 
Diamond  Jubilee.  Amongst  the  many  other  positions  held  by 
him  in  connection  with  the  farming  interests  was  that  of 
Chairman  of  the  Royal  Agricultural  Hall  Company  from  the 
year  1901  until  his  death. 
When  the  question  of  the  Society  visiting  Norfolk  in  1911 
was  decided,  and  the  invitation  from  Norwich  accepted, 
Mr.  Garrett  Taylor  was  again  appointed  Local  Honorary 
Secretary  with  Mr.  E.  W.  Beck,  of  Norwich,  as  his  colleague. 
He  was  well  known  as  a practical  agriculturist,  and  had  an 
extensive  practice  as  a land  agent.  As  a judge  of  several  kinds 
of  live  stock  his  services  were  in  request  by  many  of  the 
agricultural  societies  in  the  United  Kingdom. 
In  1885  Mr.  Taylor  acted  as  one  of  the  Judges  of  the  Farm 
Prizes  Competitions  in  connection  with  the  Society’s  Show 
held  that  year  at  Preston,  and  in  1886  the  First  Prize  of  lOOZ. 
for  the  best  managed  arable  and  grass  fai’m  exceeding  550 
acres,  in  the  counties  of  Norfolk  and  Suffolk,  was  awarded  to 
him  for  the  Whitlingham  Hall  Farm,  which  was  upwards  of 
1,300  acres  in  extent. 
Mr.  Taylor  was  an  active  Member  of  the  Council  of  this 
Society,  and  his  loss  will  long  be  regretted  and  his  usefulness 
remembered  by  his  colleagues  as  well  as  by  many  of  the 
general  body  of  Members. 
His  many  public  services  to  the  county  of  Norfolk  will 
serve  as  a memorial  to  the  courage  and  zeal  with  which  he 
carried  out  everything  he  undertook  to  do. 
T.  M. 
