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Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton GCB (24 August 1758 – 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
Thomas Picton GCB GCTE (24 de agosto de 1758 – 18 de junho de 1815) foi um general do exército britânico de origem galesa, que foi baleado na cabeça na batalha de Waterloo. [1] Ele comandou a Divisão de Picton, que formou a direita do dispositivo anglo-holandês durante a batalha, incluindo o 92nd Gordon's Highlander .
18 de jun. de 2015 · It is 200 years since Lt Gen Thomas Picton was killed at Waterloo - a man remembered in Pembrokeshire as a hero and a villain.
1 de mar. de 2024 · Sir Thomas Picton died at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, at the helm of his Division despite severe wounds sustained two days earlier. He was the most senior officer killed in that battle. In the only surviving war diary by a common Welsh soldier, Private Thomas Jeremiah described him as 'our commander, right hand man and ...
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.
1 de jun. de 2007 · Draper's catalogue of terms—“sudden,” “unexpected,” “electric,” “surprise,” “astonishment,” “delightful horror,” “Sublime and Beautiful”—directs us to the Gothic. In the complaints of Picton and his defenders, a concern can be seen about how, as well as for whom, sensations were being produced.
Thomas Picton is widely regarded as a war hero but also had a reputation for brutality during his governorship of Trinidad, where he enslaved and ordered the torturing of people. It poses the question of whether he should be viewed as a hero or a villain.
