John William Taverner

Sir John William Taverner (20 November 1853 – 17 December 1923) was a politician of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.

Early life and career
Taverner was educated at Scots Grammar School, Williamstown, and worked his first jobs, cutting thistles, holding a surveyor's chain, and drove for Cobb & Co. He went on to be a senior partner at two firms and the principal of a stock and station agents company.

He married his wife, Elizabeth Ann Bassett Luxton, on 23 May 1879, in Kerang.