Sir Thomas Picton
Welsh general who served in the British Army (1758-1815) · United Kingdom · Politicians · Died at 56
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Something wrong?Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. He fought in the Napoleonic Wars and died at Waterloo. According to the historian Alessandro Barbero, Picton was "respected for his courage and feared for his irascible temperament".
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Picton's birthplace in Hill Street, Haverfordwest, marked with a commemorative blue plaque. The house later became the Dragon Hotel.
Luisa Calderón being tortured, as illustrated in one of the many prints at the time
Picton painted by Martin Archer Shee
Picton storming the Castle of Badajoz, 31 March 1812
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Sebastian Gahagan. Memorial to Thomas Picton at St. Paul's Cathedral (1816)Awards
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Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. He fought in the Napoleonic Wars and died at Waterloo. According to the historian Alessandro Barbero, Picton was "respected for his courage and feared for his irascible temperament". The Duke of Wellington called him "a rough foul-mouthed devil as ever lived", but found him capable.
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