TAYLOR, Thomas House, born in Georgetown, South Carolina, 18 October, 1799; died in West Park, New York, 9 September, 1867, He was graduated at South Carolina college in 1818, received deacon's orders in the Protestant Episcopal church in 1821, had a charge at North Santee, South Carolina, was ordained priest at St. John's, Colleton, John's island, South Carolina, on 16 March, 1826, and was rector of the church in that place until he was called to succeed Dr. Jonathan M. Wainwright in Grace church, New York city, in April, 1834, of which he was rector from that time until his death. He was distinguished as a writer and debater, and in the controversy over the ritual and liturgy which divided his church he was a representative of the Low-church party. A volume of his "Sermons preached in Grace Church" was published after his death (New York, 1869).