THOMAS TARLETON

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
SURNAME:Tarleton
FORENAMES:Thomas
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1st REGIMENT NO:61
2nd REGIMENT NO:67
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TROOP NO:1821: Troop 5
1822: Troop 2
May 1823: Troop 3
Jan 1824: Troop 3
Jan 1826: Troop 2 to Troop 7
1831: Troop 1
TROOP CAPTAIN:1831: Captain William Havelock
RANK:1821: Private, Corporal
1822-1823: Corporal
1824: Corporal, Sergeant, Troop Sergeant Major
1826: Sergeant, Troop Sergeant Major, Regimental Sergeant Major
1831: Regimental Sergeant Major
1834: Regimental Sergeant Major
1836: Sergeant Major
1839: Regimental Sergeant Major
1841: Regimental Sergeant Major
1842: Regimental Sergeant Major, Quartermaster
1849: Quartermaster
PROMOTIONS: Private to Corporal S[pecial] L[ist] 25 12 1821
Corporal to Sergeant 25 06 1824
Sergeant to Troop Sergeant Major 09/10 01 1826
Sergeant to Regimental Sergeant Major 17 12 1826
Regimental Sergeant Major to Quartermaster 18 02 1842
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EMBARKATIONS:31 12 1821 Dunira England
06 11 1841 Repulse Bombay India
DISEMBARKATIONS:16 05 1822 Dunira Bombay India
28 03 1842 Repulse Gravesend England
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TRANSFERRED FROM:Volunteered from 18th Hussars 10 09 1821
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DIED:01 06 1849 Athlone Ireland, after a sixteen hour battle with cholera
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WILL:None
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NEXT OF KIN:Wife, Hannah Tarleton, last known residence 2 Auguste/Augusta Terrace, Clapham Road, Surrey
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NOTES:Whilst at Kirkee India, Thomas Tarleton witnessed the marriages of the following 4th Light Dragoons:
John Bonam and Sarah Smith, 1831
James Wells and Maryann Harris, 1832
George Ellis and Mary Ann Bradley, 1836
[Nb: George Ellis later became his brother-in-law, marrying Jane Bright, the sister of Thomas's second wife Hannah]
Whilst at Kirkee India, Hannah Tarleton witnessed the folllowing marriage:
James Wells and Maryann Harris, 1832
1ST WIFE:Mary Cartby, Widow
BORN:c1801
MARRIED:12 11 1824 in Church at Kaira India, after banns published 10 10 1824, 24 10 1824 and 31 10 1824 by Ambrose Goode, Chaplain
Witnesses J. Wells and Mary [x] Upton
Thomas Tarleton, Bachelor, Troop Sergeant Major
DIED:Jul 1831 Kirkee India aged 30 years
BURIED:15 07 1831 Kirkee India
NOTES:Wife of Regimental Sergeant Major Thomas Tarleton at death
2ND WIFE:Hannah Bright, Spinster, travelled to India on the Duke of Sussex in 1831-1832 as Mrs. Fendall's servant
BORN:bc 1806 Haresfield Gloucestershire
MARRIED:10 01 1836 Poonah India by licence
Witnesses W. Fendall, M. A. Johnson, John [Swainston] Chaplain's clerk
Thomas Tarleton, Widower, Sergeant Major
DIED:4th Quarter 1893 Cheltenham
NOTES:Sister of Jane Bright, who married George Ellis, 4LD
1ST CHILD:Jane Margaret Tarleton
BORN:09 10 1836 Kirkee India
BAPTISED:13 11 1836 Kirkee India
NOTES:Daughter of Thomas Tarleton RSM/Sergeant Major and Hannah
2ND CHILD:Charles Hunt Tarleton
BORN:08 12 1838 Kirkee India
BAPTISED:12 12 1838 Kirkee India
DIED:Dec 1838 Kirkee India, Infant
BURIED:13 12 1838 Kirkee India
NOTES:Son of Thomas Tarleton RSM and Hannah
3RD CHILD:Francis Henry Tarleton
BORN:23 03 1840 Kirkee India
BAPTISED:26 04 1840 Kirkee India
NOTES:Son of Thomas Tarleton Sergeant Major and Hannah
4TH CHILD:Esther Caroline Tarleton
BORN:1846/1847 Hounslow
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5TH CHILD:Charlotte E. Tarleton
BORN:1849 Newbridge Ireland
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TNA SOURCES:WO/12/634-637
WO/12/641
WO/12/644
WO/12/649
WO/12/651-652
WO/12/656
BL SOURCES:IOR/MAR/L/B21
IOR/N/3/7
IOR/N/3/10
IOR/N/3/12-14
OTHER SOURCES:Census returns
IGI
FreeBMD
Annual Register
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