John Tayloe III

John Tayloe III
John Tayloe III by Gilbert Stuart on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Richmond County, Virginia
In office
1793–1794
Serving with Walker Tomlin
Preceded byRobert Mitchell
Succeeded byposition abolished
Member of the Virginia Senate for Lancaster, Richmond and Northumberland Counties
In office
1798–1802
Preceded byJoseph Chinn Sr.
Succeeded byWalter Jones
Personal details
Born(1770-09-02)September 2, 1770
Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia
DiedMarch 23, 1828(1828-03-23) (aged 57)
Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia
NationalityBritish/American
SpouseAnn Ogle (m. 1792)
Children15, including Benjamin, William, Edward, George, and Henry
RelativesWilliam Tayloe (planter) (great-great-granduncle)
William Tayloe (the nephew) (great-grandfather)
John Tayloe I (paternal grandfather)
John Tayloe II (father)
Benjamin Ogle (father-in-law)
EducationEton College, Cambridge University
OccupationPlanter, agent
Known forVirginia Planter, Builder of The Octagon House, Founder of the Washington Jockey Club, Founder St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square

Col. John Tayloe III (September 2, 1770 – March 23, 1828), of Richmond County, Virginia, was the premier Virginia planter[1] and scion of the tidewater gentry. Although his father and grandfather had served on the Virginia governor's council and were staunch proponents of British Colonial Rule, Tayloe like his father later, sided with the patriots in the American Revolution then served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly.[2] A successful planter, capitalist, banker, director, and early Thoroughbred breeder/importer, he was considered the "wealthiest man of his day".[3]

The Tayloe family of Richmond County, including his father, John Tayloe II, and grandfather, John Tayloe I, exemplified gentry entrepreneurship by the diversifying business interests utilizing agriculture to begin vertically integrating their supply chain including shipbuilding and iron production to satisfy transportation needs.[4]

  1. ^ John Venn and John A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900 [1922–54], pt. 2, 6:119; Leonard, General Assembly; MB, 2:1235; Charles M. Harris and Daniel Preston, eds., Papers of William Thornton [1995– ], 1:492, 576–8, 584–8; Orlando Ridout, Building the Octagon [1989]; Madison, Papers, Pres. Ser., 4:240–1; Wilhelmus Bogart Bryan, A History of the National Capital: From its Foundation through the Period of the Adoption of the Organic Act [1914–16], 1:304, 609; Wesley E. Pippenger, comp., District of Columbia Probate Records: Will Books 1 through 6 1801–1852 and Estate Files 1801–1852 [1996; repr. 2003], 143–4; Richmond Enquirer, 7 Mar. 1828
  2. ^ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) pp. 193, 214, 218, 222, 226
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hardy1911 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Kamoie, Laura Croghan (March 2008). "The Business History of the Virginia Gentry". p. 3. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

John Tayloe III

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