John Tarleton (1718–1773) was an English ship-owner and slave-trader, and Mayor of Liverpool in 1764.
[1] At his death in 1773, Tarleton also owned slaves at the Belfield Estate in Dominica.
Tarleton rose to become a prominent Liverpool merchant, and after becoming Mayor in 1764, was encouraged to stand for Parliament, but declined.
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.
Tarleton died in 1773, and was survived by five sons, three of whom continued in the family business.