Family and Education
b. 24 Aug. 1758, and surv. s. of Thomas Picton of Poyston, Pemb. by Cecil, da. and h. of Rev. Edward Powell of Lland?, Glam. educ. Haverfordwest g.s.; Lochee’s mil. acad., Little Chelsea 1771-3. unm. 1s. 3da. by Rosetta Smith of Trinidad. suc. fa. 1790; mother 1806; uncle Gen. Sir William Picton 1811. KB 1 Feb. 1813; GCB 2 Jan. 1815.
Offices Held
Ensign, 12 Ft. 1771, lt. 1777; capt. 75 Ft. 1778; half-pay 1783; capt. 17 Ft. 1794; maj. 68 Ft. 1794; lt.-col. 56 Ft. 1796 (antedated 1795); brig.-gen. 1801, maj.-gen. 1808, lt.-gen. 1813.
Military gov. Trinidad 1797 – 1801, civil gov. June 1801 – July 1802, civil commr. July 1802-May 1803.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Iscoed, Carm.
Notes
H. B. Robinson, Mems. Lit.-Gen.Sir Thos. Picton, 2 vols. 1835; DNB; R. D. Rees, ‘Parl. Rep. S. Wales 1790-1830’ (Reading Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1962), ii. 451.
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Commons 1790-1820
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PICTON, Sir Thomas (1758-1815)
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