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See also:TARLETON, See also:SIR BANASTRE (1754-1833) , See also:English soldier, was the son of See also:John Tarleton (1719-1773), a See also:Liverpool See also:merchant, and was See also:born in Liverpool on the 21st of See also:August 17 J4. Educated at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford he entered the See also:army, and in See also:December 1775 he sailed as a volunteer to See also:America with See also:Earl, afterwards See also:Marquess, See also:Cornwallis, and his services during the See also:American See also:War of See also:Independence in the See also:year 1776 gained for him the position of a See also:brigade See also:major of See also:cavalry. He was See also:present at the See also:battle of See also:Brandywine and at other engagements in 1777 and 1778, and as the See also:commander of the See also:British See also:legion, a mixed force of cavalry and See also:light See also:infantry, he proceeded at the beginning of 178o to See also:South Carolina, rendering valuable services to Sir See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Clinton in the operations which culminated in the See also:capture of See also:Charleston. He was responsible for a British victory at Waxhaw in May 1780, and he materially helped Cornwallis to win the battle of See also:Camden in the succeeding August. He was completely victorious in an engagement with See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Sumter at Fishing See also:Creek, or See also:Catawba Fords, but was not equally successful when he encountered the same See also:general at Blackstock See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill in See also:November 178o; then in See also:January 1781, in spite of much See also:personal valour, he was defeated with heavy loss at See also:Cowpens. Having been successful in a skirmish at Tarrants See also:House, and having taken See also:part in the battle of See also:Guilford in See also:March 1781, he marched with Cornwallis into See also:Virginia, and after affording much assistance to his commander-in-See also:chief he was instructed to hold See also:Gloucester. This See also:post, however, was surrendered to the Americans with See also:Yorktown in See also:October 1781, and Tarleton returned to See also:England on See also:parole. In 1790 he entered See also:parliament as member for Liverpool, and with the exception of a single year he remained in the House of See also:Commons until 1812. In 1794 he became a major-general; in 1812 a general; and he held a military command in See also:Ireland and another in England. In 1815 he was made a See also:baronet. He died without issue at Leintwardine in See also:Shropshire on the 25th of January 1833.
For some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time Tarleton lived with the actress See also:Mary See also:- ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
- ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
- ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
- ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
- ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
- ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
- ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)
Robinson (Perdita), and his portrait was painted both by See also:Reynolds and by See also:Gainsborough. Sir Banastre wrote a See also:History of the See also:Campaigns of 178o and 1781 in the See also:Southern Provinces of See also:North America (See also:London, 1781), which, although of some value, is marred by the author's vanity and by his attacks on Cornwallis. It was criticized by See also:Colonel See also:Roderick See also:Mackenzie in his Strictures on See also:Lieutenant-Colonel Tarleton's History (1781) and in the Cornwallis See also:Correspondence.
End of Article: TARLETON, SIR BANASTRE (1754-1833)
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