Before 21st August 1754 [his father] John Tarleton [aged 36] and [his mother] Jane Parker [aged 28] were married.
On 26th October 1755 John Tarleton was born to John Tarleton [aged 37] and Jane Parker [aged 29].
In 1773 [his father] John Tarleton [aged 55] died. He had been a prominment slave trader owning several ships that transported slaves to Jamaica: the Tarleton and the Swan in the 1750s, and the John in the 1760s. At his death owned slaves at the Belfield Estate in Dominica. He owned estates in Carriacou and Dominica as well as stores and houses at Grenada and Grand Ance, Carriacou. He also had several houses in Liverpool, Fairfield Estate near Buxton and tenements at Aigburth near Liverpool, and finally secured part of Aigburth Hall Estate – the old family house – about 1770. His son [his brother] Banastre Tarleton 1st Baronet [aged 18] inherited £19000. He squandered almost all of it in less than a year on gambling and women, mostly at the Cocoa Tree club in London. His son John Tarleton [aged 17] inherited £5000.
Between 1786 and 1804 John Tarleton [aged 30] invested in 39 Liverpool registered ships, with a total tonnage of 7,874.
In 1788 John Tarleton [aged 32] was a member of the delegation sent to London by the committee of Liverpool Africa merchants opposed to abolition of the slave trade and promoted resistance to Dolben's bill for regulating slaving ships.
In 1790 John Tarleton [aged 34] unsuccessfully contested MP Sleaford. He was awarded the seat two years in March 1792 later on petition. In Parliament, he opposed measures to abolish or regulate the slave trade from which his wealth came.
Before 1792 John Tarleton [aged 36] and Isabella Collingwood [aged 21] were married. She the heir of her father Alexander collingwood of unthank and little ryle. He went on to inherit the Collingwood estates in Northumberland, and also owned property in Gloucester Place, London.
In 1797 [his mother] Jane Parker [aged 71] died.
On 19th September 1841 or 20th September 1841 John Tarleton [aged 85] died. He was buried at St Pancras Old Church [Map].
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Around 1850 [his former wife] Isabella Collingwood [aged 80] died.
Grandfather: Thomas Tarleton
father: John Tarleton
Grandfather: Banastre Parker of Cuerden in Lancashire
mother: Jane Parker