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Edward Bickmore Ellison Taylor OBE (1 June 1906 – 5 May 1982) was a New Zealand lawyer and diplomat. He was New Zealand Ambassador to Japan from 1961 to 1965.

He was born in Christchurch, the son of Liberal and prohibitionist mayor and MP Tommy Taylor. He was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School and Canterbury College, graduating in law (LLB).

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Tommy Taylor (New Zealand politician) New Zealand politician

Thomas Edward Taylor was a Christchurch mayor, New Zealand Member of Parliament, businessman and prohibitionist.

He practised law in Greymouth, Taumarunui and Christchurch, and was then the Christchurch coroner for 26 years from 1952 to 1978 (except while he was in Japan). He was active in the National Party and was Canterbury divisional chairman from 1946 to 1950. He was the National candidate for Westland in 1938 and Lyttelton in 1943 and 1946.

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He was on the Canterbury University Council from 1950 to 1961, and on the Christchurch City Council from 1968 to 1971. He was president of the Canterbury District Law Society in 1959. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for public services in the 1978 New Year Honours. [1] He was described by Gustafson as "a delightful extrovert and raconteur."

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The New Year Honours 1978 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1978. They were announced on 31 December 1977 for the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, Fiji, the Bahamas, Grenada, and Papua New Guinea.

He married twice; in 1934 in London to Hilda Esther Bower, and in 1939 to Gertrude Mary Duthie after his first wife died.

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References

  1. "No. 47420". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1977. p. 42.


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