John Tarleton (Royal Navy officer)
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 | Admiral |
| Commands held | HMS Fox HMS Eurydice HMS Euryalus |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Naval career
Born the son of Thomas Tarleton of Bolesworth Castle and grandnephew of Sir Banastre Tarleton, Tarleton 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 at his home in Warwick Square in London.[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
- The Tarleton Family Published by Concord N. H., 1900
- Military History of the Royal Navy 1810 – 1856, page 372
- William Loney RN
- "The Commissioners ("Lords") of the Admiralty 1828 – 1888".
- Cambridge Journals
- Deaths The Hobart Mercury, 29 September 1880