William Godwin's Diary

Tarleton, Sir Banastre (baronet)

  • Name: Tarleton, Sir Banastre (baronet)
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 21  August  1754
  • Death Date: 23  January  1833
  • Occupation: army officer
  • Occupation: politician

Tarleton was Mary 'Perdita' Robinson's lover for nearly fifteen years, until 1797. Godwin sees him mainly in her company. For confirmation of the social circle, see DNB and Holcroft's The life of Thomas Holcroft, continued by William Hazlitt.

Tarleton is entered under 1796 in the 1796 lists, correctly indicating the year he enters the diary.

  • DNB.
  • Thomas Holcroft, The life of Thomas Holcroft, continued by William Hazlitt, ed. by Elbridge Colby, 2 vols (London: Constable & Co., 1925).

This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.

Name Number of Meetings
Robinson, Mary (née Darby, Perdita, Polly Derby) 16
Debrett, John 7
Weld, 6
Robinson, George 5
Holcroft, Thomas 4
Perry, James (Pirie) 3
Adair, Robert 3
Taylor, John 3
Wollstonecraft, Mary (Godwin) 3
Bosville, William 2
Barry, Major Henry 2
Hanger, George (Baron Coleraine) 2
Tierney, George 2
Maxwell, William 2
Fitzpatrick, Richard 2
Fergusson, Robert Cutlar 2
2
Parry, 2
Maurice, Thomas 1
Burdett, Sir Francis (fifth baronet) 1
Keppel, fourth earl of Albemarle William Charles 1
1
Kemble, John Philip 1
Sherwin, (Count Dip) 1
Marshall, James 1
Russell, Francis (fifth duke of Bedford) 1
Stanley, Earl of Derby Edward 1
Grey, Charles 1
Este, Reverend Charles 1
Greatheed, Bertie 1
Rous, George 1
Webb, 1
O'Connor, Arthur (Conner) (Condorcet-O'Connor) 1
Reynolds, Frederick 1
Phillips, 1
Kemble, Charles 1
Kemble, Maria Theresa (née De Camp) 1
Twiss, Francis 1
Merry, Robert 1
Knight, Robert 1
Macleod, Norman 1
Courtenay, John (Courtney) 1
Lawrence, Sir Thomas 1
Boaden, James 1
Hoare, Prince 1
Northcote, James 1
Twiss, Richard 1
Fox, Charles James 1
Francis, Sir Philip 1
Adam, William 1
Smith, William 1
Hays, Mary 1