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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 ...
TARLETON, BANASTRE. (1754–1833). Baronet, British army officer and politician. Tarleton, born in Liverpool on 21 August 1754, was the son of a merchant and ship owner in the sugar and slave trades who became mayor of the city in 1764. Banastre entered the Middle Temple, a leading London law school, in April 1770 and matriculated at University ...
19 de may. de 2021 · Knight, John. War at Saber Point: Banastre Tarleton and the British Legion. Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2020. One of the best ways to clear up myths is to take a 360-degree view of the subject. In his new book on Banastre Tarleton, John Knight takes a crack at de-mythizing one of the American Revolution’s most…
Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton, boosted by the British success at Camden and other victories, aggressively pursues American general Daniel Morgan’s forces through South Carolina. Confident that his 1,150 men will continue to be successful in the South, Tarleton chases Morgan without knowing how many men Morgan actually has at his side.
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.
A biography of General Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1st Baronet, written by Robert Hamilton Vetch (1841-1916), was published in the Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 55 (published 1898), pages 364-369. It is now in the public domain and is transcribed below. TARLETON, Sir BANASTRE (1754–1833), general, third son...
17 de ene. de 2005 · Banastre Tarleton (pronounced Bannister–like the rails along a staircase–Tarl-ton) was born in Liverpool, England August 21, 1754, the son of a wealthy merchant family. Shortly after his father died, his mother bought him a commission as a Cornet in the King’s Cavalry, and he soon volunteered for service in America, where he arrived in May 1776. [2]
