Sir Thomas Picton (August, 1758 – June 18, 1815) was a Welsh military leader who fought in a number of campaigns for Great Britain, and rose to the rank of lieutenant general. According to the historian Alessandro Barbero, Picton was "respected for his courage and feared for his irascible temperament." He is chiefly remembered for his exploits under the Duke of Wellington in the Iberian Peninsular War and at the Battle of Waterloo, where he was mortally wounded while his division stopped d'Erlon's corps attack against the allied centre left, and so became was the most senior officer to die at Waterloo. 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... April 5-12: Mount Tambora explodes, changing climate. ... This article is about the country. ... Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. ... Combatants Spain United Kingdom Portugal French Empire The Peninsular War was a major conflict during the Napoleonic Wars, fought on the Iberian Peninsula by an alliance of Spain, Portugal, and Britain against the Napoleonic French Empire. ... Combatants France Seventh Coalition: United Kingdom Prussia United Netherlands Hanover Nassau Brunswick Commanders Napoleon Bonaparte Michel Ney Duke of Wellington Gebhard von Blücher Strength 73,000 67,000 Coalition 60,000 Prussian (48,000 engaged by about 18:00) Casualties 25,000 dead or wounded; 7,000 Captured; 15... Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Count dErlon (July 29, 1765-January 25, 1844) was a marshal of France and a soldier in Napoleons army, who commanded the French 1st Corps at the battle of Waterloo. ...

Lt.-Gen. Sir Thomas Picton, G.C.B.

Picton was the younger son of Thomas Picton, and was born in Poyston, Pembrokeshire, Wales. In 1771 he obtained an ensign's commission in the 12th Regiment of Foot, but he did not join until two years later. The regiment was then stationed at Gibraltar, where he remained until he was made captain in the 75th in January 1778; he then returned to Britain. Image File history File links Thomas-picton. ... Image File history File links Thomas-picton. ... Pembrokeshire (Welsh: ) is a county in the southwest of Wales in the United Kingdom. ... 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Suffolk Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, first raised in 1685. ... Four regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 75th Regiment of Foot: 75th Regiment of Foot, raised 1758 75th Regiment of Foot (Invalids), renumbered from the 118th in 1763 75th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Waless Regiment), raised in 1778 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot, raised in...

The regiment was disbanded five years later, and Picton quelled a mutiny amongst the men by his prompt personal action and courage, and was promised the rank of major as a reward. He did not receive it, and after living in retirement on his father's estate for nearly twelve years, he went out to the West Indies in 1794 on the strength of a slight acquaintance with Sir John Vaughan, the commander-in-chief, who made him his aide-de-camp and gave him a captaincy in the 17th foot. Shortly afterwards he was promoted major. Major is a military rank the use of which varies according to country. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... John Cecil Beaumont Vaughan (born June 8, 1945 in Barbados) is a Canadian cricketer. ... The Royal Leicestershire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, first raised in 1688. ...

Under Sir Ralph Abercromby, who succeeded Vaughan in 1795, he took part in the capture of St Lucia (for which he was promoted to lieutenant colonel) and also in that of St Vincent. After the reduction of Trinidad, Abercromby made Picton governor of the island. He administered the island with such success that the inhabitants petitioned against the retrocession of the island to Spain, and their protest, with Picton's and Abercromby's representations, ensured the retention of Trinidad as a British possession. In October 1801 he was gazetted brigadier-general. By this time the rigour of his government, as reported by his enemies, had led to a demand by humanitarians at home for his removal. Colonel William Fullarton (1754–1808) procured the appointment of a commission to govern the island, of which he himself was the senior member, Samuel Hood the second, and Picton himself the junior. Picton thereupon tendered his resignation, and Hood, as soon as the nature of Fullarton's proceedings became obvious, followed his example (1803). Sir Ralph Abercromby (sometimes spelled Abercrombie) (October 7, 1734–March 28, 1801) was a British lieutenant-general noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars. ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Kingstown, St. ... Look up Trinidad in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... The London Gazette , front page from Monday 3 - 10 September 1666, reporting on the Great Fire of London. ... Brigadier General (sometimes known as a one-star general from the United States insignia) is the lowest rank of general officer in some countries, usually ranking just above Colonel and just below Major General. ... 1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724–1816 by James Northcote, painted 1784. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

On his way home Picton took part with great credit in military operations in St Lucia and Tobago. Realizing, however, that the attacks upon him were increasing in virulence, he quickly returned to Britain, and in December 1803 he was arrested by order of the Privy Council. He was tried in the court of kings bench before Lord Ellenborough in 1806 on a charge of unlawfully applying torture to extort a confession from Luise Calderon, a mulatto woman of loose character who was charged, along with a man, with robbery. The torture consisted in compelling the woman to stand on one leg on a flat-headed peg for one hour. The punishment was ordered under Spanish law (which in default of a fresh code Picton had been appointed to administer in 1801), and approved by Picton. On these grounds the court returned a technical verdict of guilty, which was superseded in 1808 by a special verdict on retrial. The inhabitants of the island, who had already given him a sword of honour, and had petitioned the king not to accept his resignation, subscribed towards his legal expenses. Picton contributed the same sum to a relief fund after a widespread fire in Port of Spain. He had meanwhile been promoted major-general, and in 1809 he had been governor of Flushing in the Netherlands during the Walcheren expedition. Castara village beach looking south, Tobago Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough (November 16, 1750 - December 13, 1818), English judge, was born at Great Salkeld, in Cumberland, of which place his father, Edmund Law (1703-1787), afterwards bishop of Carlisle, was at the time rector. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... Port of Spain, population 49,000 (2000), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the countrys second largest city by population, after San Fernando. ... Major General or Major-General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Flushing (Dutch Vlissingen) is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. ... The Walcheren expedition (July 30 - December 10, 1809), a British military operation during the Napoleonic Wars, formed the last in a series of operations in Flanders (present-day Belgium) in 1809. ...

In 1810, at Wellington's request, he was appointed to command a division in Spain. For the remaining years of the Peninsular War, Picton was one of Wellington's principal subordinates. The commander-in-chief, it is true, never reposed in him the confidence that he gave to Beresford, Hill and Robert Craufurd. But in the resolute, thorough and punctual execution of a well-defined task Picton had no superior in the army. His debut, owing partly to his naturally stern and now embittered temper, and partly to the difficult position in which he was placed, was unfortunate. On the River Coa in July 1810 Craufurd's division became involved in an action, and Picton, his nearest neighbour, refused to support him, as Wellington's direct orders were to avoid an engagement. Shortly after this, however, at Busaco, Picton found and used his first great opportunity for distinction. Here he had a plain duty, that of repulsing the French attack, and he performed that duty with a skill and resolution, which indicated his great powers as a troop-leader. 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (October 2, 1768 РJanuary 8, 1854), British soldier and politician. ... Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (1772 - 1842) was a soldier who served in the Napoleonic Wars as a subordinate to the Duke of Wellington. ... Robert Craufurd (May 5, 1764 - January 23, 1812), British major-general, was born at Newark, Ayrshire, and entered the 25th Foot in 1779. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Battle of Bṳaco was a battle of the Peninsular War, fought by British and Portuguese forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington on September 27, 1810, to check French pursuit of his retreat to the Lines of Torres Vedras. ...

After the winter in the lines of Torres Vedras, he added to his reputation and to that of his division, the 'Fighting' 3rd, at the Battle of Fuentes de Onoro. In September he was given the local rank of lieutenant-general, and in the same month the division won great glory by its rapid and orderly retirement under severe pressure from the French cavalry at El Bodon. In October Picton was appointed to the colonelcy of the 77th Regiment of Foot. The Lines of Torres Vedras The Lines of Torres Vedras were a line of forts in Portugal built in secrecy between November 1809 and September 1810 during the Peninsular War. ... // In the Battle of Fuentes de Onoro (May 3 - 5, 1811) the British army under Sir Arthur Wellesley checked an attempt by French troops under Marshall André Masséna to relieve the besieged city of Almeida. ... There have been three different regiments numbered as the 77th in the British Army 77th Regiment of Foot (Montgomeries Highlanders) (1758_1763) 77th Regiment of Foot (Atholl Highlanders) (1777-1783) 77th (Hindoostan) Regiment of Foot; later 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot (1787-1881) This is a disambiguation page &#8212...

In the first operations of 1812 Picton and Craufurd, side by side for the last time, stormed the two breaches of Ciudad Rodrigo, Craufurd and Picton's second in command. Major-General Henry Mackinnon, being mortally wounded. At Badajoz, a month later, the successful storming of the fortress was due to his daring self-reliance and penetration in converting the secondary attack on the castle, delivered by the 3rd Division, into a real one. He was himself wounded in this terrible engagement, but would not leave the ramparts, and the day after, having recently inherited a fortune, he gave every survivor of his command a guinea. His wound, and an attack of fever, compelled him to return to Britain to recruit his health, but he reappeared at the front in April 1813. While in Britain he was invested with the collar and badge of a K.B. by the prince regent George, and in June he was made a lieutenant-general in the army. For the overture by Tchaikovsky, see 1812 Overture; For the wars, see War of 1812 (USA - United Kingdom) or Patriotic War of 1812 (France - Russia) For the Siberia Airlines plane crashed over the Black Sea on October 4, 2001, see Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 1812 was a leap year starting... Ciudad Rodrigo is a small town in Salamanca province in western Spain Its position as a fortified town on the main road from Portugal to Salamanca made it militarily important in the middle years of the Peninsular War. ... Badajoz (formerly Badajos), the capital of the Spanish province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, is situated close to the Portuguese frontier, on the left bank of the river Guadiana, and the Madrid-Lisbon railway. ... There are several military divisions known as the 3rd Division: Infantry divisions Australian 3rd Division British 3rd Division (World War I) British 3rd Infantry Division Canadian 3rd Infantry Division Finnish 3rd Division (Winter War) Finnish 3rd Division (Continuation War) Polish 3rd Carpathian Infantry Division US 3rd Infantry Division Armoured divisions... Year 1813 (MDCCCXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Military Badge of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. ... George IV (George Augustus Frederick) (12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death. ... Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ...

The conduct of the 3rd division under his leadership at the battle of Vittoria and in the engagements in the Pyrenees raised his reputation as a resolute and skilful fighting general to a still higher point. Early in 1814 he was offered, but after consulting Wellington declined, the command of the British forces operating on the side of Catalonia. He thus bore his share in the Orthez campaign and in the final victory before Toulouse. The Battle of Vitoria was fought on June 21, 1813 during the British, Portuguese and Spanish troops, with 96 guns, under The Duke of Wellington, and 58,000 French with 153 guns under King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jourdan. ... Pic de Bugatetin the Néouvielle Natural Reserve Central Pyrenees The Pyrenees (Spanish: Pirineos; French: Pyrénées; Catalan: Pirineus; Occitan: Pirenèus; Aragonese: Perinés; Basque: Pirinioak) are a range of mountains in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain. ... Year 1814 (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... The battle of Toulouse, fought on April 10, 1814, was one of the final battles of the Napoleonic Wars, although its official classification is disputed as the battle occurred four days after Napoleons surrender of the French Empire to the nations of the Sixth Coalition. ...

On the break-up of the division the officers presented Picton with a valuable service of plate, and on the June 24, 1814 he received for the seventh time the thanks of the House of Commons for his great services. Somewhat to his disappointment he was not included amongst the generals who were raised to the peerage, but early in 1815 he was made a G.C.B. June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... Year 1814 (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... April 5-12: Mount Tambora explodes, changing climate. ... Badge of a Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath)[1] is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. ...

When Napoleon returned from Elba, Picton, at Wellington's request, accepted a high command in the Anglo-Dutch army. He was severely wounded at Quatre Bras on the June 16, but concealed his wound and retained command of his troops, and at Waterloo, while repulsing with impetuous valour "one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy on our position," he was shot through the temple by a musket ball. For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... Elba (bottom centre) from space, February 1994. ... Combatants France Anglo-Allies[1] Commanders Michel Ney Duke of Wellington William II of the Netherlands Strength 18,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry and 32 guns (a total of 24,000 troops by the end of the battle) 20,000 by the end of the battle Casualties 4,000 4... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ...

His body was brought home to London, and buried in the family vault at St George church, Hanover Square. A public monument was erected to his memory in St Paul's Cathedral (Picton is one of only two Welshmen buried in the cathedral), by order of parliament, and in 1823 another was erected at Carmarthen by subscription, the king contributing a hundred guineas. St George Hanover Square is a Church of England church in what now the City of Westminster, built in the early 18th century. ... Hanover Square, London, is a square in Mayfair, London,W1, England, just to the south west of the junction of Oxford Street and Regent Street. ... This article is about the cathedral church of the diocese of London. ... Carmarthen (Welsh Caerfyrddin - caer fort + Myrddin Moridunum, Merlin (origin disputed)) is the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales. ...

The town of Picton, New Zealand was named in his honour. A view of the harbour in Picton. ...

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Picton Barracks, Bulford, Wiltshire is HQ of UK 3 Div

Sir Thomas Picton School (Ysgol Sir Thomas Picton) is a mixed comprehensive school in Haverfordwest, Pembokeshire, Wales.

Picton Street, Montpelier Bristol in the United Kingdom, was built and named in honour of Sir Thomas Picton who, as Captain Picton, in 1783 endeared himself to Bristolians by bravely facing the rebellious 75th Battalion on College Green and averting a military mutiny. There is also a fine double-bayed villa in the street named after him, Picton Lodge.

References

See Robinson's Life of Sir Thomas Picton (London, 1836), with which, however, compare Napier's and Oman's histories of the Peninsular War as to controversial points.

Barbero, Alessandro, The Battle of Waterloo, Walker & Co., New York, 2005, p. 14.

External links

• www.napoleonguide.com Picton
• BBC: Picton past examined

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