Person:Banastre Tarleton (1)

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Banastre Tarleton
b.21 Aug 1754
d.15 Jan 1833
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Name Banastre Tarleton
Gender Male
Birth[1] 21 Aug 1754
Marriage to Susan Bertie
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to Mary Robinson
Death[1] 15 Jan 1833
Reference Number? Q332464?


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Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1st Baronet, GCB (21 August 175415 January 1833) was a British general and politician. A lieutenant colonel at the end of the American Revolution, Tarleton did not lead troops into battle again.

Tarleton's cavalrymen were colloquially known as "Tarleton's Raiders". During most of his service in North America, he led the British Legion, a provincial unit organised in New York in 1778. After returning to Great Britain in 1781 at the age of 27, Tarleton was elected a Member of Parliament for Liverpool and returned to office in the early 19th century. As such, Tarleton became a prominent Whig politician despite his young man's reputation as a roué.[1] Tarleton came from a family of slavers, and reflected that during his political career, where he was a prominent opponent of British abolitionists.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Banastre Tarleton, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Hunter, Joseph, and John William Clay (ed.). Familiae minorum gentium: Diligentiâ Josephi Hunter, Sheffieldiensis. S.A.S. (London: Harleian Society, 1894–1896)
    Vol. 37, Pages 131 to 133.
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