John Tarleton (Royal Navy officer)
Sir John Tarleton | |
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 1860 photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall | |
| Born | 8 November 1811 |
| Died | 25 September 1880 (aged 68) London, United Kingdom |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1824–1879 |
| Rank | Vice-admiral |
| Commands |
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| Battles / wars | Second Anglo-Burmese War |
Vice-Admiral Sir John Walter Tarleton KCB (8 November 1811 – 25 September 1880) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Naval Lord.
Naval career
John Walter Tarleton was the son of Thomas Tarleton of Bolesworth Castle and grandnephew of Sir Banastre Tarleton. He joined the Royal Navy in 1824.[1] He played a key role in resolving a crisis in Burma in 1851 when the master of a British ship was illegally detained in Rangoon.[2]
He was given command of the fifth-rate HMS Fox in 1852, of the frigate HMS Eurydice in 1855 and of the frigate HMS Euryalus in 1858: he led the latter ship as an element of the Channel Squadron and then of the Mediterranean Squadron.[3] At this time Prince Alfred served as a cadet under him.[3] Tarleton served as Junior Naval Lord from 1871 and then as Second Naval Lord from 1872 to 1874.[4] He was promoted to Vice Admiral in 1875 and retired in 1879.[5]
He died on 25 September 1880 at his home in Warwick Square in London aged 69.[6]
Family
In 1861 he married Finetta Esther Dinsdale; they went on to have one son and two daughters.[1]
See also
- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.
References
- ^ a b Tarleton, Charles William (1900). The Tarleton Family. Concord: N.H., Evans. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ Clowes, William Laird; Markham, Clements Robert (1810–1856). The royal navy, a history from the earliest times to the present. London: S. Low, Marston. p. 372. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ a b "William Loney RN". The Victorian Royal Navy. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "The Commissioners ("Lords") of the Admiralty 1828 – 1888". The Victorian Royal Navy. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "1875". Royal Historical Society Camden. Fifth. 35. Cambridge University Press: 247-279. December 2009. doi:10.1017/S0960116309990212 – via Cambridge Journals.
- ^ "Deaths". The Hobart Mercury. Vol. 37, no. 6023. 29 September 1880. Retrieved 8 November 2024 – via Trove.