John Tarleton (politician, 1755)
John Tarleton (born October 26, 1755 , † September 19, 1841 ) was a British businessman and politician.
Life
John Tarleton was the third son of the wealthy merchant, shipowner and slave trader John Tarleton of Liverpool. Banastre Tarleton is one of his five siblings .
John Tarleton followed in his father's footsteps and became a merchant and ship owner himself. Here he worked in the late 1780s and early 1790s with his brothers Thomas and Clayton Tarleton, as well as with Daniel Backhouse. The main field of activity of the Liverpool merchants was in the West Indies . Between 1786 and 1804 he invested in 39 ships registered in Liverpool, totaling 7,874 tonnage .
In 1787 he joined the Whigs . In the general election in 1790, he ran in the constituency of Seaford. Although he was defeated in the election, he managed in March 1792 to oust the MP Richard Paul Jodrell with a petition from the House of Commons and to take his place. Tarleton was a member of the House of Commons until 1796. In the general election that took place this year, he decided not to run again.
On October 26, 1790, he married Isabel Collingwood. The marriage resulted in three sons and a daughter. He died on September 19, 1841 and was buried in St. Pancras Cemetery in London .
Web links
- R. Thorne [Ed.]: Entry on John Tarleton in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790–1820 (1986)
Individual evidence
- ↑ PD Richardson: American Material in the Tarleton Papers (PDF; 92 kB) (1974)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tarleton, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British businessman and politician, Member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1755 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1841 |