military officer
Sir Thomas Picton.
Welsh general who served in the British Army (1758-1815)
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About Sir Thomas Picton
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.
Everything about Sir Thomas Picton →- Occupation
- military officer, politician, captain general
- Position held
- member of the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Governor of Tobago, Governor of Trinidad
- Citizenship
- Wales, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- August 24, 1758
- Died
- June 18, 1815