Thomas Geoffrey Charles Michael Taylour, 6th Marquess of Headfort (20 January 1932 – 21 October 2005), styled Earl of Bective until 1960, was an Irish peer, aircraft salesman, and politician.
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Biography
Thomas Geoffrey Charles Michael Taylour, known to family and friends simply as Michael, was born on 20 January 1932 to Terence Geoffrey Thomas Taylour, 5th Marquess of Headfort and Elise Florense Tucker.
He was educated at Stowe School in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England, before attending Christ's College, Cambridge. While there, he was a member of the university air squadron. It was during this time, also, that he had his first brush with the law, being fined for £2 for driving in Acton with his arm around a girl. In 1955 he received his Bachelor of Arts, and four years later a Master of Arts. He received a certificate of proficiency in rural estate management from Christ's College. He also received his qualification as a commercial pilot.
In 1953, he began his career working as a director at Bective Electrical Co., before working as a sales manager and chief pilot at Lancashire Aircraft Co. in 1959.
In 1958, he married The Hon. Elizabeth Angela Veronica Rose Nall-Cain, a goddaughter of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the sole daughter of the 2nd Baron Brocket at St James's Church, Spanish Place. Two years later, the couple travelled to Africa, selling aircraft. With her he had three children: