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John Tarleton (1718–1773)
John Tarleton is the name of: *John Tarleton (slave trader) (1718–1773), English ship-owner and slave-trader, Mayor of Liverpool in 1764, father of John Tarleton (MP) * John Tarleton (MP) (1755–1841), English ship-owner, slave-trader and politician, son of John Tarleton (slave trader) * John Tarleton (Royal Navy officer) (1811–1880), admiral and Second Sea Lord *John Tarleton (American settler) John Tarleton (ca. 1808 – 1895) was an American settler and rancher. He is best known for endowing John Tarleton Agricultural College, which eventually became Tarleton State University. Biography He was born in either White Mountain, Vermont, o ... (ca. 1808–1895), American rancher best known for endowing what became Tarleton State University * John Tarleton (cricketer) (1852-1929), New Zealand cricketer See also * {{hndis, Tarleton, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tarleton (slave Trader)
John Tarleton (1718–1773) was an English ship-owner and slave-trader, and Mayor of Liverpool in 1764. Tarleton was born in 1718 to Thomas Tarleton, who with his brother John had been involved with trading in West Indies and Africa. Tarleton was the part-owner and manager of several ships engaged in the slave trade, the ''Tarleton'' and the ''Swan'' in the 1750s, and the ''John'' in the 1760s, mainly delivering slaves to Jamaica. At his death in 1773, Tarleton also owned slaves at the Belfield Estate in Dominica. Tarleton rose to become a prominent Liverpool merchant, and after becoming Mayor in 1764, was encouraged to stand for Parliament, but declined. Tarleton made significant investment in real estate in his last decade. He owned estates in Carriacou and Dominica as well as stores and houses at Grenada and Grand Ance, Carriacou. He also had several houses in Liverpool, Fairfield Estate near Buxton and tenements at Aigburth near Liverpool, and finally secured part of Aigbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tarleton (MP)
John Tarleton (26 October 1755 – 19 September 1841) was an English ship-owner, slave-trader and politician. He was a son of John Tarleton, a West Indies merchant and slave trader, from Aigburth near Liverpool, and brother of Banastre Tarleton. The younger John also became a West India merchant, in partnership with his brothers Thomas and Clayton, and Daniel Backhouse. Between 1786 and 1804 he invested in 39 Liverpool-registered ships. At the 1790 general election he unsuccessfully contested the borough of Seaford, but an election petition resulted in him being awarded the seat in 1792. In Parliament, he opposed measures to abolish or regulate the slave trade. At the 1796 general election, he did not contest Seaford but stood against his brother Banastre in Liverpool, but failed to win a seat. Tarleton married Isabella Collingwood (''c''.1770–''c''.1850), who was heir of Alexander Collingwood of Unthank and Little Ryle, near Alnham. Their four children were all born be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tarleton (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Sir John Walter Tarleton, (8 November 1811 – 25 September 1880) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Naval Lord. Naval career Born the son of Thomas Tarleton of Bolesworth Castle and grandnephew of Sir Banastre Tarleton, Tarleton joined the Royal Navy in 1824.The Tarleton Family Published by Concord N. H., 1900 He played a key role in resolving a crisis in in 1851 when the master of a British ship was illegally detained in . He was given command of the |
John Tarleton (American Settler)
John Tarleton (ca. 1808 – 1895) was an American settler and rancher. He is best known for endowing John Tarleton Agricultural College, which eventually became Tarleton State University. Biography He was born in either White Mountain, Vermont, or in New Hampshire, probably in November 1808, although one source claims 1811. He was orphaned when he was seven, and went to live with his widowed aunt in Vermont. His brother was sent to another relative in Virginia. When Tarleton was 13, he left and wandered from place to place all over the country. In Knoxville, Tennessee, he worked as a schoolteacher for a while, before getting a job as a store clerk with the Cowan-Dickerson mercantile. Here he toiled for the next 40 years, living frugally and buying up bounty certificates issued to veterans of the War of 1812, which authorized them "to settle on any unsurveyed or unappropriated public land." He also purchased of land in Erath and Palo Pinto Counties in Texas at 12.5 cents an acre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |