Thomas Clough Taylor DL (27 August 1823 – 10 July 1859) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. The son of Edward Clough Taylor and Emma Georgina Taylor (née Badcock), he was born on 27 August 1823 at Appleton-le-Street, Yorkshire. Educated at Harrow School between 1838 and 1842 where he appeared for the school first cricket XI in 1840–41. From Harrow he enlisted in the British Army by purchasing the rank of ensign in the 41st Regiment of Foot in September 1842, with Taylor purchasing the rank of lieutenant in 1844. He made his debut in first-class cricket in 1850 for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Cambridge University at Fenner's. He made four further first-class appearances in 1850, with two further appearances for the MCC, in addition to playing for Mid