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    Sir Banastre Tarleton, 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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  • historical character of Banastre Tarleton. Ben Fenton, commenting in The Daily Telegraph, wrote: There is no evidence that Tarleton, called 'Bloody Ban'...
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  • de Banke') Banastre Maynard, 3rd Baron Maynard (c. 1642–1718), English politician Banastre Parker (1696–1738), father-in-law of John Tarleton (slave trader)...
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    British force led by Banastre Tarleton near Lancaster, South Carolina. Buford's men consisted of Continental Army soldiers, while Tarleton's force was mostly...
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    was commonly known as Tarleton's Legion, after the British officer who led it on campaign, Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. It was a unit the size...
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    forces, nearly half American Loyalists, under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton, as part of the campaign in the Carolinas (North and South). The battle...
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    Colonel Banastre Tarleton was sent to capture or kill Marion in November 1780. After pursuing Marion's troops for over 26 miles through a swamp, Tarleton supposedly...
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  • demolished around 1840. Tarleton married Jane Parker (1726–1797), daughter and coheir of Banastre Parker of Cuerden, Lancashire. Tarleton died in 1773, and...
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  • commanding officer Banastre Tarleton. The unit was known as the Loyalist British Legion, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. The Loyalist...
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    husband, went on to have several love affairs, most notably with Banastre Tarleton, a soldier who had recently distinguished himself fighting in the...
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    Congress. Later that year, he was captured by British cavalry under Banastre Tarleton; he was held by the British as a prisoner until exchanged in 1778...
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    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...
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    in the south effectively destroyed. On May 29, Lieutenant-Colonel Banastre Tarleton's mainly Loyalist force routed a Continental Army force nearly three...
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    infantrymen on a foraging party. On the 3rd, the foraging party, led by Banastre Tarleton, went out but collided with Lauzun's Legion, and John Mercer's Virginia...
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    Loyalists—Banastre Tarleton. On January 17, 1781, Tarleton went into action against the Patriot commander Daniel Morgan at Cowpens, South Carolina. Tarleton had...
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  • the slave trade in London, Bristol, Glasgow, and Liverpool led by Banastre Tarleton and the Duke of Clarence. Despite popular support and the assistance...
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    Cornwallis sent Colonel Banastre Tarleton's British Legion to track him down. Morgan talked with militia who had fought Tarleton. Morgan decided to disobey...
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  • Tarleton or Tarlton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Banastre Tarleton (1754–1833), British soldier and politician, namesake of the...
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  • in the inhospitable climate, decimating the expedition. In 1781, Banastre Tarleton became the lieutenant-colonel of the Liverpool Volunteers, though...
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  • in 1787 with J. Kenedy, master, Tarleton & Co., owners, and trade Liverpool-Africa. Between 1787 and 1792, Banastre made five voyages transporting captives...
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    Nativity Story. In the 2006 film Amazing Grace, Hinds portrayed Sir Banastre Tarleton, one of the chief opponents of abolition of the slave trade in Parliament...
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  • detachments of Nathanael Greene's Continental Army and militia and Banastre Tarleton's Loyalist provincial troops in Guilford County, North Carolina. Greene...
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  • mistakenly thought Colonel Lee was the expected British cavalry commander, Banastre Tarleton, who was known to be en route to reinforce Pyle. When Lee's men opened...
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  • John Tarleton (slave trader). John and Jane (Parker) Tarleton were parents of John Tarleton (MP), Banastre Tarleton, Thomas Tarleton, Bridget (Tarleton) Falconer...
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  • Loyalist British Legion, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton, surprised an American force stationed at Monck's Corner, and drove...
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  • locals. During the Battle of Waxhaws, a Loyalist cavalry force led by Banastre Tarleton easily defeated a force of approximately 350 Virginian Continentals...
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    Volunteers, Banastre Tarleton's infantry and the Loyalist troops. In reserve, Cornwallis had two battalions of the 71st Regiment of Foot and Tarleton's cavalry...
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    Daniel Morgan and a defeat for units under the command of Colonel Banastre Tarleton. The American victory served to demoralize Loyalist supporters in...
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    Creek and the Catawba River in South Carolina. British forces under Banastre Tarleton surprised the militia company of Thomas Sumter, killing a significant...
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  • /Col. Peter Horry. One of the Swamp Fox's adversaries was Colonel Banastre Tarleton, played by John Sutton. Patrick Macnee played a British captain, Tim...
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