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Banastre Tarleton

1754 - 1833

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General Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1st Baronet (21 August 1754 – 15 January 1833) was a British military officer and politician. He is best known as the lieutenant colonel leading the British Legion at the end of the American Revolutionary War. He later served in Portugal and held commands in Ireland and England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Banastre Tarleton has received more than 1,616,814 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Banastre Tarleton is the 12,076th most popular politician (down from 11,180th in 2019), the 2,566th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,483rd in 2019) and the 376th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Banastre Tarleton ranks 12,076 out of 19,576. Before him are Salahuddin of Selangor, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Ankhhaf, John Bruton, Misael Pastrana Borrero, and King Yuan of Zhou. After him are Manuel Estrada Cabrera, Banda Singh Bahadur, Ur-Ninurta, Beau Biden, Konrad von Erlichshausen, and Carl Gustaf Ekman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1754, Banastre Tarleton ranks 41. Before him are Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Peter Winter, Isaac René Guy le Chapelier, and Grace Elliott. After him are Ivan Martos, Juan José Elhuyar, Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito, Vincenzo Monti, and Anna Maria Lenngren. Among people deceased in 1833, Banastre Tarleton ranks 28. Before him are Antoni Radziwiłł, Ferdinand Hérold, Nannette Streicher, Fausto Elhuyar, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, and Gottlob Ernst Schulze. After him are Ivan Martinov, Johann Friedrich Meckel, Yagan, Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, and Hannah More.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Banastre Tarleton ranks 2,566 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Liston (1794), Æthelfrith (600), Graham Hancock (1950), Johnny Clegg (1953), Ben Miller (1966), and George Shearing (1919). After him are Jonathan Edwards (1966), T. H. Marshall (1893), Bernie Marsden (1951), Bryan Robson (1957), I. A. Richards (1893), and Simon Phillips (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Banastre Tarleton ranks 376. Before him are Æthelheard of Wessex (750), Tony Abbott (1957), John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845), James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838), Blanche of England (1392), and Æthelfrith (600). After him are Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1869), Gayatri Devi (1919), Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (1301), Constance Markievicz (1868), Caradoc (470), and Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (1903).

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