LCol George Taylor Denison III Armoury is named in honour of Lieutenant-Colonel George Taylor Denison III.
Lieutenant-Colonel George Taylor Denison III (August 1839 – June 1925) was born in Toronto and educated at Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto. Called to the Bar in 1861, he entered local politics and served as a city councilor from 1865 to 1867. Denison had earlier, in 1854, joined the 1st Volunteer Militia Troop of Cavalry of York County and became its Commanding Officer in 1866 when the unit was renamed the Governor General’s Body Guard (now known as The Governor General’s Horse Guards). He saw active service during the Fenian Raids of 1866, during the North-West Rebellion of 1885 and championed Canadian participation in the South African War. He served as a judge of the Police Court from 1877 to 1921, but by 1922 Denison’s health was failing, and he died in 1925 at the age of 85.
