Stanley White-Taylor

Stanley White-Taylor was an English chairman for Stokes United, from 1890 to 1915. His brother was architect Louie White-Taylor, who designed the structure for Old Bailey Football Ground in Stokes, East Surrey, where Stokes United have played at since 1894.

Early life
Born as Stanley White in England, the son of Archibald and Winifred White (née Taylor), he had two siblings, an older sister Christina and a younger brother Louie. His mother abandoned the family, when White-Taylor was 5 years old, and he and his two siblings were left in the care of their abusive father, until their maternal grandmother Lily Taylor brought them to live with her, and only ever occasionally saw their father, who eventually died of alcohol poisoning. Whilst living with his grandmother, he and his two siblings changed their surnames to White-Taylor.

Chairman of Stokes United
Having been appointed chairman of Stokes United in 1890, White-Taylor funded for a new stadium to be built in Stokes, East Surrey, prior to this Stokes United to to play at Redhill Road Stadium in Guildford, but the ground was blighted by wretched conditions and the pitches ranging from gravel to marsh, due to his brother Louie White-Taylor writing to Stokes Parish Council, asking for a loan to build a proposed site, they eventually agreed to lend the money and Louie White-Taylor designed the architecture for Old Bailey, which broke ground in Dec 1891 and opened on 26 March 1892.

White-Taylor stayed as chairman for Stokes United until 1915.