Henry Holbert Taylor (1814-1879) and Holbert Taylor (1826-1872) were the sons of John (a scissors smith and later rag dealer) and his wife, Esther.  Henry became a hardware factor.  Until 1859, he was involved with Wilson, Hawksworth, Ellison & Co.  By 1860, Henry H. Taylor & Brother had been launched as a cutlery merchant and manufacturer at Times Works, Paradise Street.  Holbert settled in New York and sold their pen and pocket knives, Bowies, scissors, and razors from an office at Beekman Street.  In 1868, they dissolved their partnership.  Holbert died on 28 December 1872 in Brooklyn and was buried at Rosedale Cemetery, New Jersey.  Henry continued to trade as Henry H. Taylor, using the marks ‘HTH’, ‘RASDALE & CO’, and ‘TAYLOR’S UNION CUTLERY’.  During the 1870s, his sons – George Hawksley (1853-1905) and Henry Hawksley (1857-1928) – joined him.  Henry H. Taylor died at Eagle House, Owlerton, on 16 September 1879, aged 64.  He was buried at Ecclesfield, leaving under £6,000.

The firm was restyled George H. Taylor & Bro.  His sons continued to manage Times Works, which by 1883 was at Love Street.  By the late 1880s, George was running Wadsley Bridge Implement Works.  In the 1890s, Henry Hawksley Taylor was operating G. H. Taylor & Bro alone, with a ‘bird-in-hand’ mark.  By 1901, he was trading under his own name at St Peter’s Close, with the marks ‘3087’ (granted in 1807) and ‘HTH’.  His brother, George, died at Wardsend House, Wadsley Bridge, on 7 February 1905, aged 51.  He was buried at Ecclesfield, leaving £327.  By 1919, Henry H. Taylor was at Cambridge Works, Solly Street.  In 1923, the firm was registered as a private limited company with £1,500 capital.  It was liquidated three years later, but apparently resurrected. 

Henry Hawksley Taylor attended business within days of his death (Derbyshire Times, 7 July 1928).  He died at Cliffe Cottage, Hathersage, on 1 July 1928, aged 70.  His probate in 1934 left only £5 to his widow, Clara Louisa.  Henry Taylor Ltd, carving tools maker, Acorn Works, Arundel Street, acquired the assets and mark.  H. H. Taylor continued to be listed at various addresses – Regent Terrace, St Mary’s Lane, Hermitage Street, and Arundel Street – until its demise in about 1944.