On July the 27th 1805 George left his ship, HMS Hydra, heavily in debt, and ran off, it was said, with a Maltese dancing girl. His father confided in Admiral Nelson who undertook to find him and also offered to pay off his debts. [1]
Sources
↑ The Daily Express Saturday 28th October 2017. An article respecting the sale of the letter from Admiral Nelson to George's father which will take place in December 2017
Census of England 1861
Foreign Registers and Returns 1627-1960 (21 September 1819 George Taylor married Harriet Margaret Sullivan)
J. K. Laughton, ‘Tyler, Sir Charles (1760–1835)’, rev. Andrew Lambert, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27939, accessed 24 Aug 2017. This is a subscription site but access is free to readers of British libraries whose library subscribes.
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JSCP-RBG : 6 December 2014, George Tyler in entry for Caroline Tyler, ); citing Iver, Buckingham, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,999,402.
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N1XN-85V : 6 December 2014, George Tyler in entry for Charles Frederick Tyler, ); citing Iver, Buckingham, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,999,402.
"England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NNGB-XVS : 10 December 2014), George Tyler and Harriet Margaret Sullivan, 21 May 1820; citing Iver, Buckingham, England, reference 14, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,999,402.
"England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M7NT-LYK : 28 September 2016), George Tyler, Walcot, Somersetshire, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NJ6F-NL2 : 6 December 2014, George Tyler in entry for Gwinnett Tyler, ); citing Iver, Buckingham, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,999,402.
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