RARE GEORGE VI J B TAYLOR 10 RUPEE ELEPHANT NOTE INDIA

 J B TAYLOR Governors NOTE,

Sir James Braid Taylor

01-07-1937 to 17-02-1943

Sir James Braid Taylor was a member of the Indian Civil Service and had served for over a decade in the Currency Department of the Government of India, initially as a Deputy Controller, later as Controller of the Currency, and thereafter as additional secretary in the Finance Department. He was closely associated with the preparation and piloting of the Reserve Bank of India Bill. He served as Deputy Governor of the Bank prior to his appointment as the Governor.

His stewardship saw the Bank through the war years and the financial experiments it engendered and catalysed, including the decisive break away from a silver currency to fiat money. His second term came to an end with his sudden demise.

Sir James Braid Taylor was the second Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 July 1937 until he died in office on 17 February 1943. He succeeded Sir Osborne Smith who was the Governor from 1 April 1935 to 30 June 1937.

Taylor a member of the Indian Civil Service had served as a Deputy Controller in the Currency Department of the Government of India for over a decade. He later became the Controller of Currency, and additional secretary in the Finance Department. He then became the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank and succeeded Smith as the Governor.

He was closely associated with the preparation and piloting of the Reserve Bank of India Bill. He governed the bank during the war years and was involved in decision to move from a silver currency to fiat money.

Even though he was the second Governor, his signature was the first to appear on the currency notes of the Indian rupee.

His second term came to an end when he died in office on 17 February 1943