Hugh Taylor (MP) of contributions to maritime debates. He resigned in 1861 and returned to business. Taylor and George Elliot were both friends of the Railway King George Hudson. By 1869 Hudson was deeply in debt, in bad health and living in exile so Taylor and Elliot started a subscription fund which they launched with donation of 100 Guineas each. When this closed it was converted into a trust fund (legally protected from Hudson's creditors) and provided Hudson with an income. Hudson returned to England in 1870 and visited Taylor at Chipchase Castle in April that year. Hugh Taylor (MP) Hugh Taylor (1817–1900)
George Melly (MP) Bright daughter of Samuel Bright of Liverpool in 1852. He was the great-grandfather of George Melly, the jazz singer and writer, and Andree Melly, the actress. George Melly (MP) George Melly (20 August 1830 – 27 February 1894) was an English merchant and shipowner and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1875. Melly was the son of Andrew Melly and his wife Ellen Greg, daughter of Samuel Greg of Manchester. He was educated at Rugby School and became a merchant and shipowner. He was a member of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board,