Clayton Tarleton

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Clayton Tarleton ( September 5, 1762 , † 1797 ) was a British businessman and politician.

Life

Clayton Tarleton was one of the sons of the wealthy merchant, shipowner and slave trader John Tarleton of Liverpool . His five siblings include Banastre and John Tarleton .

Like his father, Clayton Tarleton himself became a merchant. In the late 1780s and early 1790s he was involved in the Tarleton & Backhouse company with his brothers Thomas and John Tarleton and Daniel Backhouse . In 1791 he founded the Tarleton & Rigg company together with William Rigg , but left the company when he was elected mayor. Tarleton was a councilor on Liverpool City Council and served as mayor of the city from 1792 to 1793. On April 25, 1795 he married Jemima Robinson († December 4, 1796). The marriage remained childless.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b John Burke, John Bernard Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (1841)
  2. ↑ THE MONTLY MIRROR: REFLECTING MEN AND MANNERS. VOL. IV.
  3. ↑ a b P.D. Richardson: American Material in the Tarleton Papers (PDF; 92 kB) (1974)
  4. ↑ List of the former heads of the city of Liverpool  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , www.civichalls.liverpool.gov.uk@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.civichalls.liverpool.gov.uk  
personal data
SURNAME Tarleton, Clayton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British businessman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1762
DATE OF DEATH 1797