Helen Agnes Henrietta Tayler (1869 - 1951)

Born 24 Mar 1869 in London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 10 Apr 1951 at age 82 in London, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Hetty Tayler is Notable.

Helen Agnes Henrietta Tayler was born on Wednesday, the 24th of March 1869 in Chelsea, London. She was the second child and second daughter born to William Tayler of Glenbarry and Georgina Duff^[1], second daughter of Norwich and Helen Duff, nee Shoolbred.^[2]

In 1871, Helen was living at 3 Stanhope Place, Paddington, in the Kensington District of London, with her father, William, mother Georgiana, her elder sister Constance, her baby brother Alexander, and the six staff members, consisting of a Head Nurse, Housemaid, Under Nurse, Cook, Kitchen Maid and a Footman.

In 1881, Helen was, this year, living at 14 Eaton Square, in the Hanover Square district of London, with her mother, Georgiana, and the four staff members, consisting of a Cook, Housemaid, Kitchen Maid and a Footman.

In 1891, five years after her father passed away, Helen can be found, living at 29 Kensington Gate, in the Kensington District of London, again, with her mother, sister and brother and five staff members, consisting of a Ladies Maid, Cook, Housemaid, Kitchen Maid and a Butler.

In 1901, five years after her mother passed away, Helen was living at 34 Kensington Court Mansions, in the Kensington District of London, with two staff members, a Cook and a Parlour Maid, and her cousin, Francis Mary Cathcart.

In 1911, Henrietta was still living at 34 Kensington Court Mansions with Alexander, who gives his occupation as a Writer and Publisher, and two staff members, a Cook and a Parlour Maid.

Helen Tayler, better known as Hetty, and her brother Alexander, known as Alistair, were Historical Writers, and they both specialized in 17th and 18th century British History, especially, the Jacobite Wars, which fascinated them both. The siblings worked as a team, to record the history and activities of the Jacobites in Scotland during the 18th century, and their work, noted for its quality, has remained an invaluable source of historical information on some of the most important figures in Scottish history.

Hetty and Alistair Tayler were co-authors of the penultimate Duff Family History resource, The Book of the Duffs, in 1914, and, considering the unavailability of Computers, compiling all the information on the family, was a mammoth task in itself.

In 1914, the terror of a World War loomed on the horizon and Hetty went to help, as a Red Cross Volunteer Aid Nurse, was Matron Nurse at Earlsmount Hospital,^[3] and, being a gifted linguist, in 1916, found herself in the Austrian Alps, towards the end of the war, tending to the wounded during and after the Battle of Caporetto^[4] and later in Venice, as told, in Maggie Craig's biography entitled Henrietta Tayler.^[5]

Hetty was also the author of The History of the Family of Urquhart in 1946. Research and collection of material for this publication was initiated by Alistair. He became interested in the Urquhart Family during their research on the Book of the Duffs, many years before he passed away, in 1937. Hetty and Alistair copied all the interesting Urquhart papers at Meldrum House just before 1914, and Hetty makes mention of the fact that, her brother made her promise to complete the publication should he not be able to do so.^[6]

Hetty also wrote an unpublished autobiography, entitled, My Brother and I, and with Alistair, had a hand in the publication of more than thirty books, including the miscellany volumes of the Scottish History Society and the Third Spalding Club to which she and Alistair contributed.^[7] Hetty would also add Alistair as co-author to many of the publications written after his passing.

Helen Agnes Henrietta Tayler never married and passed away in Kensington, London, England on Tuesday, the 10th of April 1951.^[8]

Signed, Henrietta.

Bibliography

Historical Publications researched and written under joint authorship with Alistair Tayler.

• Alistair and Hetty Tayler (1914). The Book of the Duffs. William Brown.
• Alistair and Hetty Tayler (1928). Jacobites of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire in the 45. Milne & Hutcheon, Aberdeen.
• Alistair and Hetty Tayler (1933). The Ogilvies of Boyne. Aberdeen University Press.
• Alistair and Hetty Tayler (1934). Jacobites of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire in the Rising of 1715. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh and London. - about Charles, Lord Fraser of Muchalls, William Fraser of Inverallochy, Captain Simon Fraser and the Hon. James Fraser of Lonmay,
• Tayler, Alistair Norwich, and Helen Agnes Henrietta Tayler. 1936. 1715: the story of the Rising. London: [publisher not identified].
• Alistair and Hetty Tayler (1937). The House of Forbes. 3rd Spalding Club, Aberdeen. ISBN 0-912951-29-X and Scotpress 1987.
• Alistair and Hetty Tayler (1939). John Graham of Claverhouse. Duckworth, London.
• Tayler, Helen Agnes Henrietta, and Alistair Norwich Tayler. 1941. Jacobite epilogue: a further selection of letters from Jacobites among the Stuart papers at Windsor. London [etc.]: Nelson.

Historical Publications researched and written by Hetty, Herself.

• Henrietta Tayler (1937). The Child Sovereigns of Scotland. T & A Constable.
• Tayler, Henrietta. 1938. The Jacobite court at Rome in 1719, from original documents at Fettercairn House and at Windsor Castle. Edinburgh: Scottish history society.
• Taylor, Helen Agnes Henrietta. 1944. The history of the rebellion in the years 1745 and 1746; from a manuscript now in the possession of Lord James Stewart-Murray. Oxford: Printed for the Roxburghe Club by J. Johnson at the University Press.
• Hetty Tayler (1946). History of the Family of Urquhart. Aberdeen University Press.
• Hetty Tayler (1949). Bonnie Prince Charlie. Thomas Nelson.
• Tayler, Helen Agnes Henrietta, 1869-1951. 1949. The seven sons of the Provost : a family chronicile of the eighteenth century compiled from original letters, 1692 to 1761.
• Tayler, Henrietta. 1950. Prince Charlie's daughter, being the life and letters of Charlotte of Albany, by Henrietta Tayler. London: The Batchworth Press.

Edited by, with, Introduction, Notes and Genealogical Tables by Alistair and Hetty Tayler

• Forbes, John, 1680-1716. The Jacobite Cess Roll for the County of Aberdeen In 1715: From the Ms. of John Forbes of Upper Boyndlie, Now In the Possession of J. C. M. Ogilvie-Forbes of Boyndlie. Aberdeen: Printed for the Third Spalding club, 1932.

The Book of the Duffs

• Electric Scotland Website. https://www.electricscotland.com
• https://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/bookofduffs01tayl.pdf
• https://www.electricscotland.com/WEBCLANS/m/bookofduffs_02tayl.pdf

Sources

1. ↑ United Kingdom GRO Birth registry: Name: TAYLER, HELEN AGNES HENRIETTA; Mother's Maiden Name: DUFF; GRO Ref: 1869 J Qtr,CHELSEA,Vol. 01A Pg. 257
2. ↑ "The Book Of The Duffs; : Tayler, Alistair Norwich, 1870-1937 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2023. Internet Archive. Alexander Duff, 3rd Earl Fife. pps 195, 196
3. ↑ https://www.scotlandswar.ed.ac.uk/Moray/Casualties-Auxiliary-Hospitals/Earlsmount
4. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Battle of Caporetto," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Caporetto&oldid=878973202 (accessed January 18, 2019).
5. ↑ http://www.maggiecraig.co.uk/2017/10/22/a-scottish-nurse-in-the-white-war-the-italian-alps-1917-1918/
6. ↑ Hetty Tayler (1946). History of the Family of Urquhart. Aberdeen University Press. Introduction page.
7. ↑ https://www.yourphotocard.com/Ascanius/Hetty.htm
8. ↑ United Kingdom GRO Death registers: Name: TAYLER, HELEN AGNES HENRIETTA; Age: 82; GRO Ref: 1951 J Qtr, KENSINGTON Vol. 05C Pg. 975

• Her Birth Certificate. Birth Certificate data (selection):

• Registration District : - Chelsea
• Registration SubDistrict : - Chelsea North End in the County of Middlesex
• Year of Registration : - 1869
• Nbr. In register : - 180
• When born : - 24. March 1869
• Where born : - 52 Cadogan Place
• Name : - Helen Agnes Henrietta
• Sex : - Girl
• Father : - William James Tayler
• Mother : - Georgina Lucy Tayler formerly Duff
• Occupation Father : - Barrister
• Informant : - W. J. Tayler, Father
• When registered : - 21. April 1869
• Registrar : - W. Clifford-Smith

• Her Death Certificate. Death Certificate data (selection):

• Registration District : Kensington
  
• Registration SubDistrict : Kensington Central, Royal Borough of Kensington
  
• Year of Registration : 1951
  
• Nbr. In register : 136
  
• When died : 10. April 1951
  
• Where died : 35 E Queens Gate
  
• Name : Helen Agnes Henrietta Tayler
  
• Sex : Female
  
• Age : 82 years
  
• Occupation : Spinster of Independent Means. Other particulars unknown
  
• Date & Place of birth : '[24 March 1869, London, England]
  
• Cause 1 : Pulmonary Infarc
  
• Cause 2 : Previous pulmonary Infarc 4 weeks ago
  
• Cause certified by : ? Bewley
  
• Informant : R.D.Lovett causing the body to be buried
  
• When registered : 11. April 1951
  
• Registrar : (illegible)
  

See Also:

• http://thepeerage.com/p18080.htm#i180792
• http://www.kittybrewster.com/ancestry/duff.htm
• https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usreviews/books/alligintayler.html

Acknowledgements

• Wikipedia contributors, "Alasdair and Hetty Tayler," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alasdair_and_Hetty_Tayler&oldid=835993933 (accessed January 10, 2019).
• Maggie Craig, Biography on Henrietta Tayler, Alligin Books. 2016.
• Electric Scotland