Taylor, Simon Richard Brissett, Sir, 2nd Baronet, of Lysson Hall, Jamaica (1783 -1815)

Sir Simon Taylor, 2nd Baronet, of Lysson Hall, Jamaica, was the second and youngest, but only surviving son of Sir John Taylor, 1st Baronet, and Elizabeth Godden, daughter and heir of Philip Houghton of Jamaica. He succeeded his father in 1786, but did not marry, and the baronetcy became extinct at his death at the age of thirty-one, and the property devolved on his sister Anna Susanna, wife of George Watson Esq. They assumed the name and arms of Taylor by Royal Licence 19 June 1815. His library was sold at auction by R.H. Evans 3 June 1833.