Picton
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Picton may refer to:
Places
[edit]Australia
[edit]- Picton, New South Wales, Australia
- Picton, Western Australia, an industrial suburb of Bunbury
- Picton East, Western Australia, a locality in the Shire of Dardanup
- Picton River, a river that joins the Huon River in Tasmania
Canada
[edit]- Picton, Ontario, Canada
- CFB Picton, a former military installation
Chile
[edit]- Picton, Lennox and Nueva, islands off Tierra del Fuego, Chile
New Zealand
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]- Picton Castle, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
- Picton, Cheshire, England, UK
- Picton (ward), an electoral ward of the Liverpool City Council, England, UK
- Picton, North Yorkshire, England, UK
People
[edit]- Cesar Picton (c. 1755 – 1836), from slave to successful businessman in England
- James Picton (1805–1889), Liverpool architect
- James Allanson Picton (1832–1910), British author, philosopher and politician
- Thomas Picton (1758–1815), Welsh general who led British forces in the Peninsular War
- Chris Picton (born 1983), an Australian politician
Other uses
[edit]- Picton (1815 ship), a full-rigged ship, wrecked 1820
- SS Picton, involved in the Halifax Explosion (1917)
- Picton (racehorse), a competitor that failed to complete the 1848 Grand National
- Portrait of Thomas Picton, an 1815 painting by William Beechey
See also
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- Pickton (disambiguation)
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