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1 de mar. de 2024 · Thomas Picton was born on 24 August 1758 in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, the seventh of the twelve children of Thomas Picton (1723-1790), a landowner who traced his ancestry back to the Norman knight William de Pyketon, and his wife Cecil (1728-1806), daughter of the Reverend Edward Powell and a half-sister to Richard Turberville (TURBERVILLE ...
- Thomas Picton: Hero or villain? - National Library of Wales
Thomas Picton is widely regarded as a war hero but also had...
- Thomas Picton: Hero or villain? - National Library of Wales
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton GCB (24 August 1758 [1] – 18 June 1815) 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 temperament".
- 1771–1815
- British Army
18 de jun. de 2015 · Born on 24 August 1758, as Lieutenant General he was the highest ranking British officer to fall at the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium, exactly 200 years ago. Described by the Duke of Wellington as...
15 de jun. de 2020 · Sir Thomas nació en Gales en 1758 y murió en Waterloo. Esa fue su última acción y fue ciertamente flamante. Así es. Thomas Picton murió al frente de una carga en esa batalla de Waterloo, a...
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.
Thomas Picton – also known as the Tyrant of Trinidad, or the Blood-Stained Governor – is a controversial figure. Historically he has been hailed a public ‘hero’, but his governance of Trinidad and his treatment of slaves marks him out as a particularly cruel leader.
