Lieutenant-Colonel Banastre Tarleton by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the uniform of the British Legion, wearing a "Tarleton helmet". National Gallery, London.
Born
21 August 1754 (1754-08-21) Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Died
15 January 1833(1833-01-15) (aged 78) Leintwardine, Herefordshire, England
Allegiance
Great Britain (1775-1801) United Kingdom (1801-1812)
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1775–1812
Rank
General
Unit
1st Dragoon Guards
Commands held
British Legion
Battles/wars
American Revolutionary War
Siege of Charleston
Battle of Monck's Corner
Battle of Lenud's Ferry
Battle of Waxhaws
Battle of Fishing Creek
Battle of Camden
Battle of Blackstock's Farm
Battle of Cowpens
Battle of Cowan's Ford
Battle of Torrence's Tavern
Battle of Wetzell's Mill
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Battle of Green Spring
Siege of Yorktown
Awards
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Baronet
Spouse(s)
Susan Bertie
(m. 1798)
Relations
Mary Robinson
Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1st BaronetGCB (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.
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 to Parliament as a member for Liverpool. He served as a prominent Whig politician for 20 years.[1] He was interested in military matters and opposed abolition of the slave trade.
Sir BanastreTarleton, 1st Baronet GCB (21 August 1754 – 15 January 1833) was a British general and politician. He is best known as the lieutenant colonel...
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British force led by BanastreTarleton near Lancaster, South Carolina. Buford's men consisted of Continental Army soldiers, while Tarleton's force was mostly...
forces, nearly half American Loyalists, under Lieutenant Colonel BanastreTarleton, as part of the campaign in the Carolinas (North and South). The battle...
Colonel BanastreTarleton was sent to capture or kill Marion in November 1780. After pursuing Marion's troops for over 26 miles through a swamp, Tarleton supposedly...
in the south effectively destroyed. On May 29, Lieutenant-Colonel BanastreTarleton's mainly Loyalist force routed a Continental Army force nearly three...
Creek and the Catawba River in South Carolina. British forces under BanastreTarleton surprised the militia company of Thomas Sumter, killing a significant...
Loyalists—BanastreTarleton. On January 17, 1781, Tarleton went into action against the Patriot commander Daniel Morgan at Cowpens, South Carolina. Tarleton had...
infantrymen on a foraging party. On the 3rd, the foraging party, led by BanastreTarleton, went out but collided with Lauzun's Legion, and John Mercer's Virginia...
Cornwallis sent Colonel BanastreTarleton's British Legion to track him down. Morgan talked with militia who had fought Tarleton. Morgan decided to disobey...
Volunteers, BanastreTarleton's infantry and the Loyalist troops. In reserve, Cornwallis had two battalions of the 71st Regiment of Foot and Tarleton's cavalry...
remainder to the Banastres of Bretherton. In 1298 John Banastre of Bank held eight oxgangs of land in Tarleton. The Banastres held land in Tarleton of the Montbegons...
John Tarleton (slave trader). John and Jane (Parker) Tarleton were parents of John Tarleton (MP), BanastreTarleton, Thomas Tarleton, Bridget (Tarleton) Falconer...
at Gloucester, Virginia, under the command of Rochambeau, opposite BanastreTarleton. Awarded the Libertas Americana medal for his service, he returned...
locals. During the Battle of Waxhaws, a Loyalist cavalry force led by BanastreTarleton easily defeated a force of approximately 350 Virginian Continentals...
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