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1 de ago. de 2022 · BBC News A portrait of slave owner Sir Thomas Picton has been put back on display, albeit boxed up-and alongside new artworks and information that "reframes" his place in history. The portrait...

Picton, Sir Thomas (1758-1815). Militar británico nacido en Poyston en agosto de 1758 y muerto en Waterloo el 18 de junio de 1815. El menor de los hijos de Thomas Picton, el 14 de noviembre de 1771 ingresó en el 12 regimiento de Infantería, mandado por su tío William Picton. Estudió en la academia militar de Little Chelsea, y después se ...

1 de ago. de 2022 · For more than a century, the portrait of Thomas Picton hung in a prominent position at the National Museum Cardiff, the image’s description hailing him as a military hero rather than a tyrant and...

18 de jun. de 2014 · Thomas Picton had been born on 24 August 1758 in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire and joined the army at an early age. He was a courageous and brave warrior but a man with a terrible temper that...

1 de jun. de 2007 · Most particularly, he is anxious about the investigation of General Thomas Picton, the island's first British governor, and by Picton's conviction in the court of King's Bench. “Strange,” Hislop observes, “that all the bigger charges of hanging and theft should have been thrown out, and this case of petty theft should have brought Picton down.