Taylor John

British Lord, a conservative member of the House of Lords from Warwick, the only member with African-American heritage serving as an important role model in the UK. A commoner and the son of Jamaican immigrants, a cricket-playing dad and a nurse mom, Taylor began his career as a lawyer (barrister). He earned his law degree in 1976. In 1986 he entered local politics. From 1990-1991 he served as special advisor to the Home Secretary and ran for Parliament in 1992. One eventful day in 1996, he and his wife Kathie, a pediatrician, were attending an event at 10 Downing Street when then-Prime Minister John Major approached. Admiring of his work in the courts, Major asked Taylor if he could advance Taylors name for appointment to a lordship. That same year he was given a life peerage, becoming Lord of Warwick and therefore a member of the House of Lords. His dad died in 1989 and his mother died in December 2001. He and his wife have two daughters. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less