Bertrand L. Taylor 3rd of Naples, Fla., and Paris, France, died of cancer on April 13 at his residence in Alexandria, Va.

He was born on Feb. 19, 1920 in New York city. He was the son of Bertrand L. Taylor Jr. of New York and Paris, France, and Mary Isabelle Taylor of New York and the Vineyard. His grandparents were Bertrand L. Taylor and Nellie Cadwell Taylor of Watertown, N.Y.

He graduated from St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire in 1938 and from Yale University in 1942 with a degree in economics. He was a member of the Reserve Officer Training Corps and was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy. During World War II, he served aboard two successive destroyers as gunnery officer: the USS Jeffers, which was the first major warship to lead the landing armada in the invasion of Normandy at Omaha Beach, and the USS Harry F. Bauer, which participated in the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The latter ship survived numerous kamikaze attacks and was recognized by the New York Times as one of the luckiest ships in the Pacific. The ship received the Presidential Unit Citation and Bertrand was awarded a Bronze Star for his service.

Bertrand’s father was a member of the New York Stock Exchange from 1914 to 1940 and was the youngest governor elected to the board. Bertrand followed his father’s footsteps and in 1947 started the B.L. Taylor III & Co. in New York, specializing in arbitrage. He was a member of the New York Stock Exchange until 1974.

After retiring, Bertrand was involved in philanthropy, which included support in establishing the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York. In 1982, he was knighted by the Knights Hospitalier Sovereign Order of St. John’s of Jerusalem in Valletta, Malta, for his efforts.

Bertrand was a member of the Brook Club in New York, the Travelers Club, Paris, Annabelle’s, London, Naples Bath and Tennis Club in Florida and the Farmington Country Club, Charlottesville, Va. He was an avid sailor and swimmer and throughout the years was a member of the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club.

Survivors include his wife of 16 years, Fay Davis Taylor; his sister, Mary Taylor Zimbalist of Ojai, Calif.; five children from earlier marriages, Kate Pennebaker of East Hampton, N.Y., Linda Latter and her husband, Gerald, of Northport, N.Y., Daisy Lifton and her husband, Floyd, of Idyllwild, Calif. and the Vineyard, Lauren Taylor and her husband, Noah Maffitt of Manalapan, Fla., and B.L. Taylor 4th and Melanie Hiller of the Vineyard; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.