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.
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 |
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| Battles / wars | Second Anglo-Burmese War |
Naval career
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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
editIn 1861 he married Finetta Esther Dinsdale; they went on to have one son and two daughters.[1]
See also
edit- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.
References
edit- ^ 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.