Vice-Admiral Sir John Walter Tarleton KCB (8 November 1811 – 25 September 1880) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Naval Lord.

[1] He played a key role in resolving a crisis in Burma in 1851 when the master of a British ship was illegally detained in Rangoon.

[3] At this time Prince Alfred served as a cadet under him.

[5] He died on 25 September 1880 at his home in Warwick Square in London aged 69.

[6] In 1861 he married Finetta Esther Dinsdale; they went on to have one son and two daughters.