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Mary Robinson. Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1st Baronet GCB (21 August 1754 – 15 January 1833) was a British general and politician. He is best known as the lieutenant colonel leading the British Legion at the end of the American Revolutionary War. He later served in Portugal and held commands in Ireland and England.
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Oct 9, 2023 · Banastre Tarleton was born in Liverpool, England, on August 21, 1754. He was the son of John Tarleton, a merchant and ship owner involved in the sugar trade and slave trade. He also served as the mayor of Liverpool for at least a year, in 1764. Banastre pursued legal studies at the Middle Temple, starting in April 1770.
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Banastre Tarleton. Title Colonel. War & Affiliation Revolutionary War / British. Date of Birth - Death August 21, 1754 - January 15, 1833. Born in Liverpool, Tarleton went to Oxford and studied law at Middle Temple. Although lacking a military education, his family purchased a cornet's commission for him in the 1st Dragoon Guards.
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Jul 1, 2019 · Banastre Tarleton (August 21, 1754–January 15, 1833) was a British Army officer during the American Revolution who became notorious for his actions in the southern theater of the war. He gained his reputation for brutality following the Battle of Waxhaws, where he reputedly had American prisoners killed. Tarleton later led part of Lieutenant ...
Banastre Tarleton was born into a middle class family in Liverpool, England. Tarleton attended Oxford and briefly studied law at the Middle Temple before his mother purchased him a cornet's commission in the 1st Dragoon Guards. He participated in the first British attack on Charleston in 1776 and eventually transferred to the 16th Light Dragoons.
Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. Banastre Tarleton was born to upper middle-class parents in Liverpool, England, on August 21, 1754. At the University College, Oxford, he studied toward a law degree but was better known for his athletic abilities, participating in cricket, boxing, riding, and tennis. He was small physically, yet strong and ...
Feb 26, 2015 · Tarleton, Banastre. 1754-1833. Banastre Tarleton, son of a wealthy Liverpool merchant, was Oxford educated. It was said that while at Oxford, Tarleton excelled in only two things, athletics and gambling. Tarleton attempted to learn law but, due to gambling problems, he had to give up his attempt.
