A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Tayler, George Skene
TAYLER. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
George Skene Tayler entered the Navy 23 Aug. 1831; passed his examination 4 Oct. 1837; and for his services as Mate of the Calliope 26, Capt. Thos. Herbert, on the coast of China, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 Oct. 1841. His succeeding appointments were – 29 June and 5 Oct. 1842, to the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Thos. Herbert, and Clio 16, Capts. Edw. Norwich Troubridge and Jas. Fitzjames, both in the East Indies, whence he returned in 1844 – 26 June, 1846, to the Bulldog steam-sloop, of 500-horse power, Capt. Geo. Evan Davis, employed on the Cape of Good Hope and Home stations-and, 30 April, 1847, for about six months, to the Howe 120, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, fitting at Portsmouth.