Thomas Picton
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 208 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 24,1758 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Haverfordwest |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | June 18,1815 |
| Died | Waterloo |
| Belgium | |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Books | A Letter addressed to ... Lord Hobart by Colonel T. Picton, late Governor ... of Trinidad ... [in reply to a statement of Col. Fullarton]. A new edition |
| Place of burial | St. Paul's Cathedral, City of London, United Kingdom |
| St George Hanover Square, London, United Kingdom | |
| St. Paul's Cathedral, London, United Kingdom | |
| Nationality | British |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
| Year of servic | 1771–1815 |
| Parents | Cecil Powell |
| Thomas Picton | |
| Buri | St George's, Hanover Square |
| London | |
| St Paul's Cathedral | |
| Battleswar | French Revolutionary Wars |
| Napoleonic Wars | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1055825 |
Thomas Picton Life story
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton GCB was a British Army officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. According to the historian Alessandro Barbero, Picton was "respected for his courage and feared for his irascible temperament".
Cardiff museum takes down slave owner Thomas Picton's portrait
Nov 3,2021 3:46 pm
...A portrait of Welsh slave owner Sir Thomas Picton labelling him a hero has been removed by National Museum Wales...
Black Lives Matter: the statues fall, but what will replace them?
Jun 18,2020 11:24 am
... can be seen A statue of Sir Thomas Picton (left), in a gallery of Welsh heroes in Cardiff City Hall But for Dan De ath, Lord Mayor of Cardiff, the actions of the slave-owner Sir Thomas Picton - who are the use of torture defends during the colonial Governor of Trinidad - were so egregious that his statue must be removed from City Hall...
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