WWS_T - Who's Who in Scotland

Lifetime Achievement Award from the North Wales Jazz
Guitar Festival for his “Contribution to Jazz Guitar
Worldwide”, 2007; 2010 BBC Folk Awards ‘Best Original
Composition’ nomination; 2010 Doctor of Music (honoris
causa), Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
(RSAMD). Publication: Kiss and Tell (autobiography),
1999. Recreations: horse racing; horse drawn gypsy
wagons; collects vintage and rare American guitars and
mandolins.
Taylor, Dr. Mary. Chief Executive, Scottish Federation of
Housing Associations, since 2010. Over thirty years
working in the Scottish housing sector; career ranges from a
Housing Management Trainee at SSHA to Senior Teaching
Fellow at the University of Stirling; worked with
committees of various housing associations as well as
previously sitting on the Board of the SFHA. Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH). Address: (b.) 375
West George Street, Glasgow G2 4LW.
Taylor, Rt. Rev. Maurice, STD. Bishop Emeritus of
Galloway, since 2004; Bishop of Galloway, 1981-2004; b.
5.5.26, Hamilton. Educ. St. Aloysius College, Glasgow;
Our Lady’s High School, Motherwell; Pontifical Gregorian
University, Rome. Royal Army Medical Corps, UK, India,
Egypt, 1944-47; Assistant Priest: St. Bartholomew’s,
Coatbridge, 1951-52, St. Bernadette’s, Motherwell, 1954-
55; Lecturer, St. Peter’s College, Cardross, 1955-65;
Rector, Royal Scots College, Spain, 1965-74; Parish Priest,
Our Lady of Lourdes, East Kilbride, 1974-81. Vice
President, Progressio (formerly Catholic Institute for
International Relations). Publications: The Scots College in
Spain, 1971; Guatemala, A Bishop’s Journey, 1991; El
Salvador: Portrait of a Parish, 1992; Opening Our Lives to
the Saviour (Co-author), 1995; Listening at the Foot of the
Cross (Co-author), 1996; Being a Bishop in Scotland,
2006; It’s the Eucharist, Thank God, 2009. Address: 41
Overmills Road, Ayr KA7 3LH; T.-01292-285865.
web: www.bishopmauricetaylor.org.uk
Taylor, Peter Cranbourne, MA, CA. Chairman,
Scottish National Blood Transfusion Association, 1995-
2010; b. 11.8.38, Yeovil; m., Lois Mary; 1s.; 1d Educ.
Edinburgh University. Chartered Accountant/Partner:
Romanes and Munro, Edinburgh, 1964-74; Deloitte
Haskins and Sells, 1974-90; Coopers and Lybrand,
1990-95. Member, Scottish Dental Practice Board, 1991-
2001. Recreations: country pursuits. Address: (h.)
Totleywells House, Winchburgh, West Lothian EH52
6QJ.
Taylor, Professor Samuel Sorby Brittain, BA, PhD,
Officier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques.
Professor of French, St. Andrews University, 1977-95,
now Professor Emeritus; b. 20.9.30, Dore and Totley,
Derbyshire; m., Agnes McCreadie Ewan (deceased
2007); 2 d. Educ. High Storrs Grammar School,
Sheffield; Birmingham University; Paris University.
Royal Navy, 1956-58 (Sub Lt., RNVR); Personnel
Research Officer, Dunlop Rubber Co. (“Sickness-
Absence in Rubber Industry”), 1958-60; Research
Fellow, Institut et Musee Voltaire, Geneva, 1960-63; St.
Andrews University: Lecturer, 1963, Reader, 1972,
Professor, 1977, retired, 1995; Chairman, National
Council for Modern Languages, 1981-85; Member,
Executive Committee, Complete Works of Voltaire,
1970-85; Project Leader, Inter-University French
Language Teaching Research and Development Project
("Le Francais en Faculte”"en fin de compte”), 1980-88;
Director, Nuffield Foundation project ("Nuffield French
for science students"), 1991-99; Chairman, Scottish Joint
Working Party for Standard Grade in Modern
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Languages, 1982-84; Chairman, St Andrews Green Belt
Forum, since 2008. Publications: definitive text of
Voltaire's Works, 1974; definitive iconography of
Voltaire, completed. Recreations: athletics timekeeping;
photography; Liberal Democrats; Franco-Scottish
Society. St Andrews Preservation Trust. Address: (h.)
11 Irvine Crescent, St. Andrews KY16 8LG; T.-01334
472588; e-mail: ssbt423@btinternet.com
Taylor, Scott, BA (Hons) Marketing. Chief Executive,
Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, since 2004; b.
20.06.62, Manchester; m., Carol; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ.
Clayton High School; University of Strathclyde. Has
been general manager of three Glasgow city centre
hotels, as well as brand manager for two of Forte Hotels’
brands; joined Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley Tourist
Board in 1998 as Director-Convention Bureau, later
becoming Director of Marketing, encompassing both
Leisure and Discretionary Business Tourism; took over
as Chief Executive in July 2004, and then established
Glasgow City Marketing Bureau (GCMB). Council
Director of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, is on its
Board of Management, is a Board Member of City of
Glasgow College and Chair of the Glasgow Strategic
Major Events Forum; has previously held a number of
directorships in Glasgow. Recreations: travelling; hill
walking; mountain biking. Address: (b.) Glasgow City
Marketing Bureau, Exchange House, 229 George Street,
Glasgow G1 1QU; T.-0141 566 0826.
E-mail: scott.taylor@seeglasgow.com
Taylor, William James, QC (Scotland), QC (England and
Wales), MA, LLB, FRSA. Advocate, since 1971; Barrister,
since 1990; b. 13.9.44, Nairn. Educ. Robert Gordon's
College, Aberdeen; Aberdeen University. Standing Junior
Counsel to DHSS, 1978-79, to Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1979-86; Temporary Sheriff, 1997-99; Member,
Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, 1997-2000;
Member, Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission,
1999-2004. Parliamentary candidate (Labour), West
Edinburgh, February and October, 1974; Lothian Regional
Councillor, 1973-84 (Secretary, Labour Group); Chairman,
COSLA Protective Services Committee; Part-time Sheriff,
since 1999; Chairman, Scottish Opera, 2004-07; Past
Chairman, Traverse Theatre; previous Board Member,
Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh; Past Chairman,
Federation of Scottish Theatres. Recreations: the arts;
sailing; skiing; Scottish mountains; restoring a garden.
Address: (b.) Parliament House, Parliament Square,
Edinburgh EH1 1RF; T.-0131-556 0101; e-mail:
qc@wjt.org.uk
Teasdale, Sir Graham Michael, Kt, MB, BS, FRCP,
FRCSEdin, FRCSGlas, FRCSLond, FACSHon, FMedSci,
FRSE. Professor and Head, Department of Neurosurgery,
Glasgow University, 1981-2003; Consultant Neurosurgeon,
Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, 1975-2003;
President, Society of British Neurological Surgeons, 2000-
02; b. 23.9.40, Spennymoor; m.; 3 s.; 3 d. Educ. Johnston
Grammar School, Durham; Durham University.
Postgraduate clinical training, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
London and Birmingham, 1963-69; Assistant Lecturer in
Anatomy, Glasgow University, 1969-71; specialist training
in surgery and neurosurgery, Southern General Hospital,
Glasgow, 1971-75; Senior Lecturer, then Reader in
Neurosurgery, Glasgow University, 1975-81. President,
International Neurotrauma Society, 1993-2000; Chairman,
European Brain Injury Consortium, 1995-2003; President,
Section of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Society of
Medicine, 1998-99; former President, Royal College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 2003-06; Chairman
of Board, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, 2006-10.
Address: Duchal Road, Kilmacolm PA13 4AY.