Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton GCB was a Welsh military officer and colonial administrator who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. According to the historian Alessandro Barbero, Picton was "respected for his courage and feared for his irascible... Wikipedia
Born: August 24, 1758, Haverfordwest, United Kingdom
Died: June 18, 1815 (age 56 years), Waterloo, Belgium
Parents: Thomas Picton and Cecil Powell
Books: The Trial of Governor T. Picton: For Inflicting the Torture on Louisa Calderon, a Free Mulatto, and One of His Britannic Majesty's Subjects, in the Island of Trinidad, Tried Before Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough and a Special Jury, and Found Guilty, 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, Evidence Taken at Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad, in the Case of Luisa Calderon, Under a Mandamus Issued by the Court of King's Bench, and Directed to the Lieutenant Governor; with a Letter Addressed to Sir S. Hood, and more
Buried: St George's, Hanover Square, London (later reburied at St Paul's Cathedral)
Awards: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Battles/wars: French Revolutionary Wars; Napoleonic Wars †