Francis Lenn Taylor (December 28, 1897 – November 20, 1968) was an American art dealer and the father of actress Elizabeth Taylor.
Life and career
Taylor was born in Springfield, Illinois, as the fourth child and son of the seven children of Elizabeth Mary (née Rosemond) and Francis Marion Taylor. His brothers were David, John A., Francis M., Willie, and Edward Taylor. While her sister was Mary Ellen Taylor. The family later moved to Arkansas City, Kansas.
Francis began dealing in art in New York City for a wealthy uncle by marriage, Stephen Howard Young, later, a friend of Dwight Eisenhower after World War II.
Taylor married stage actress Sara Sothern (whose real name was Sara Viola Warmbrodt and who was also from Arkansas City) in 1926 in New York.
