John Tayloe III by Gilbert Stuart on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Born
(1770-09-02)September 2, 1770
Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia
Died
March 23, 1828(1828-03-23) (aged 57)
Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia
Resting place
Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia
Nationality
British/American
Education
Eton College, Cambridge University
Occupation(s)
Planter, agent
Known for
Virginia Planter, Builder of The Octagon House, Founder of the Washington Jockey Club, Founder St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square
Spouse
Ann Ogle (m. 1792)
Children
15, including Benjamin, William, Edward, George, and Henry
Relatives
William Tayloe (planter) (great-great-granduncle) William Tayloe (the nephew) (great-grandfather) John Tayloe I (paternal grandfather) John Tayloe II (father) Benjamin Ogle (father-in-law)
Col. John Tayloe III (September 2, 1770 – March 23, 1828), of Richmond County, Virginia, was the premier Virginia planter; a politician, businessman, and tidewater gentry scion. He was prominent in elite social circles. A highly successful planter and early Thoroughbred horse breeder, he was considered the "wealthiest man of his day".[1] A military officer, he also served in the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate of Virginia for nine years.
The Tayloe family of Richmond County, including his father, John Tayloe II, and grandfather, John Tayloe I, exemplified gentry entrepreneurship by the diversifying business interests utilizing agriculture to begin vertically integrating their supply chain including shipbuilding and iron production to satisfy transportation needs.[2]
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^Kamoie, Laura Croghan (March 2008). "The Business History of the Virginia Gentry". p. 3. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
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and racer, and land speculator in the 19th century. A younger son of JohnTayloeIII of The Octagon House and Mount Airy, a wealthy planter in Washington...
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father JohnTayloeIII, who built The Octagon House in Washington DC, and it was known then as 'Hopyard,' he inherited it from his father JohnTayloe II who...
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Washington, D.C., during the first half of the 19th century. Son of JohnTayloeIIIJohnTayloeIII, reproduction by Thomas Sully from the original by Gilbert...
the Old House". The Tayloe family of Richmond County, including JohnTayloe I, his son, JohnTayloe II, and grandson, JohnTayloeIII, exemplified gentry...
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Rappahannock River. JohnTayloe I, JohnTayloe II who built Mount Airy and after Menokin for his son-in-law Francis Lightfoot Lee, JohnTayloeIII who later built...