Wonderful to hear from you thank you so much for making contact!
I had drawn a complete blank with William Graham Taylor.
He had come out to New Zealand as a 19 year old with his brother arriving on the Cornwall 23 Aug 1849, listed as an agriculturist. Eventually he and his brother Charles brought sections in Martins Bay but left (as did the other settlers). His brother settled in Fiji and it was presumed that Graham went there too but from there he "disappeared".
I notice that Graham Taylor buried on the Isle of Wight had been in Peshwar in 1851-52, Indian Campaign of 1857-58, etc. This had caused me some confusion as my William Graham Taylor was mentioned in electoral rolls etc as a freeholder in Otago around these times but I suppose he could have still owned land in Otago but been elsewhere.
However he does appear in Rev Burns visitation book as William Taylor from 1849-1855 in Otago so I'm a little concerned that these dates overlap with the times he was supposed to be in India
Could I ask if you have proof that this Graham Taylor is he son of Lt Col William Taylor and Sarah nee Graham?
Thank you so much again for getting in contact.
Liz