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Sir Thomas Picton

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Lifespan

1758 – 1815

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Active service 1813 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 55.

Profile

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.

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Battles (1)

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