John Tarleton (MP), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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English slave trader and politician
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About John Tarleton (MP)
- John Tarleton (26 October 1755 – 19 September 1841) was an English ship-owner, slave-trader and politician. He was a son of John Tarleton, a West Indies merchant and slave trader, from Aigburth near Liverpool, and brother of Banastre Tarleton.The younger John also became a West India merchant, in partnership with his brothers Thomas and Clayton, and Daniel Backhouse.
- Between 1786 and 1804 he invested in 39 Liverpool-registered ships.At the 1790 general election he unsuccessfully contested the borough of Seaford, but an election petition resulted in him being awarded the seat in 1792.
- In Parliament, he opposed measures to abolish or regulate the slave trade.At the 1796 general election, he did not contest Seaford but stood against his brother Banastre in Liverpool, but failed to win a seat.
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