1815
Thomas Picton, Welsh-English general and politician (born 1758)
Thomas Picton, Welsh-English general and politician (born 1758)
Thomas Picton, Welsh-English general and politician (born 1758)
Thomas Picton
British Army officer (1758–1815)
- Died
- 1815
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.