Austin Cotterell Taylor

Who was Austin Cotterell Taylor?

Major Austin Cotterell Taylor was a Canadian mining executive and developer, financier, and philanthropist in developing thoroughbred horse racing in British Columbia.

Born in East York, Ontario, Austin Taylor was educated at St. Andrew's College in Aurora, Ontario where he would later become a member of the Board of Governors. Taylor would make his home in the province of British Columbia where he would make a fortune in the mining and lumber industries, notably through Bralorne Mines, Ltd. of which he was President. An influential business figure in Canada, in 1934 the Wall Street Journal announced his appointment to the Board of Directors of British Columbia Power Corp. and later was appointed a director of the Bank of Canada.

Austin Taylor married Kathleen Elliott of Winnipeg, Manitoba with whom he had three children. Daughter, Patricia Aldyen Austin Taylor married American conservative author and commentator William F. Buckley, Jr..