Picton
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People
- Cesar PictonCesar PictonCesar Picton was enslaved in Africa at the age of six. He was brought to England by an English army officer who had been in Senegal, and in 1761 was "presented" as a servant to Sir John Phillips, a Baronet living in Norbiton near Kingston in Surrey...
(ca 1755-1836), from slave to successful businessman in England - Thomas PictonThomas PictonLieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton GCB was a Welsh British Army officer who fought in a number of campaigns for Britain, and rose to the rank of lieutenant general...
(1758–1815), Welsh soldier - Robert PicktonRobert PicktonRobert William "Willie" Pickton of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada is a former pig farmer and serial killer convicted of the second-degree murders of six women. He is also charged in the deaths of an additional twenty women, many of them prostitutes and drug users from Vancouver's...
(born 1949), Canadian serial killer
Animal
- Picton (racehorse), A competitor that failed to complete the 1848 Grand National1848 Grand NationalThe 1848 Grand National Steeplechase was the tenth official annual running of a handicap steeplechase horse race at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on Wednesday, March 1. It attracted a, then record, field of twenty-nine competitors for a prize valued at £1,015 to the winner.The race was won by...
Places
Australia- Picton, New South WalesPicton, New South WalesPicton is a small town in the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Wollondilly Shire. The town is located 80 kilometres South-west of Sydney, close to Camden and Campbelltown. It is also the administrative centre of Wollondilly Shire....
- Picton, Western Australia, an industrial suburb of BunburyBunbury, Western AustraliaThe port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after the State Capital Perth and Mandurah. It is situated south of Perth's central business district...
- Picton Valley in TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
Canada
- Picton, OntarioPicton, OntarioPicton is an unincorporated community located in Prince Edward County in southern Central Ontario, Canada. It is the county seat and largest community. Picton is located at the south-western end of Picton Bay, a branch of the Bay of Quinte, which is along the northern shoreline of Lake Ontario...
, a town near Belleville
Chile
- for Picton Island, an uninhabited island off Tierra del Fuego, see Picton, Lennox and NuevaPicton, Lennox and NuevaPicton, Lennox and Nueva is a group of three islands on the extreme south of South America, in the Chilean commune of Cabo de Hornos in Antártica Chilena Province, Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region...
New Zealand
- Picton, New ZealandPicton, New ZealandPicton is a town in the Marlborough region of New Zealand. It is close to the head of Queen Charlotte Sound near the north-east corner of the South Island. The population was 2928 in the 2006 Census, a decrease of 72 from 2001...
, a town in the South Island - Picton (New Zealand electorate)Picton (New Zealand electorate)Picton was a parliamentary electorate in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand, from 1861 to 1887.-Population centres:This electorate is based on the town of Picton.-History:...
, an electorate based on the town
United Kingdom
- Picton, CheshirePicton, CheshirePicton is a hamlet and civil parish situated near to Chester, in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 58....
, England - Picton, North YorkshirePicton, North YorkshirePicton is a hamlet and civil parish located in the north of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 5 km south of Yarm and 12 km south of Middlesbrough.The parish is in the Hambleton district and had a population of 108 according to the 2001 census...
, England - Picton CastlePicton CastlePicton Castle is a medieval castle near Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Originally built at the end of the 13th century by Sir John Wogan and is still inhabited by his descendants, the Philipps family ....
, in Pembrokeshire, Wales