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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 ...
28 de jun. de 2016 · August 21, 1754–January 16, 1833. British soldier. Few other figures in South Carolina history have been labeled as villainous as Banastre Tarleton has. He was born in Liverpool, England, on August 21, 1754, the third child of John Tarleton and Jane Parker. John Tarleton, who served as mayor of Liverpool, wished for the popular and athletic ...
Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833) was a British army officer who played a significant role in the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. Tarleton is best known for being a skilled cavalry commander who employed aggressive battle tactics. In addition to his highly successful military career, he lived as a country gentleman pursuing ...
Sir Banastre Tarleton, Ölgemälde von Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1782. Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1.Baronet GCB (* 21. August 1754 in Liverpool, England; † 16. oder 25. Januar 1833 in Leintwardine, Shropshire), britischer Offizier im Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg, war bei den Amerikanern berüchtigt für seine mit rücksichtsloser Härte betriebene Kriegsführung auch gegen die ...
11 de jun. de 2018 · Banastre Tarleton was the son of a wealthy Liverpool merchant, a sometime mayor of the city. After attending Oxford, young Tarleton entered the King's Dragoon Guards in 1775. He volunteered for service in the American colonies and gained his first military experience in Henry Clinton's unsuccessful venture against Charleston, S.C., in June 1776.
Banastre Tarleton werd geboren als het derde kind van de handelaar John Tarleton die tevens enige tijd diende als burgemeester van Liverpool. Hij kreeg zijn opleiding bij de Middle Temple in Londen en vertrok 1771 naar Oxford om aldaar rechten te studeren. Vier jaar later kocht hij een commissie in het leger als cornet van de Dragoon Guards.
In fact, there seems to have been a unique set of circumstances that set the War in the Backcountry apart from the other Theaters. One British unit in particular achieved a particularly nasty reputation for brutality during the war that has yet to fade: the British Legion under the command of Colonel Banastre Tarleton, a roguish but talented ...
