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Picton – Mittagong Loop Railway Line
Picton may refer to: Places *Picton Castle, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK *Picton, Cheshire, England, UK *Picton (ward), an electoral ward of the Liverpool City Council, England, UK *Picton, New South Wales, Australia * Picton, Western Australia, an industrial suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia *Picton, Ontario, Canada ** CFB Picton, a former military installation *Picton, Lennox and Nueva, islands off Tierra del Fuego, Chile *Picton, New Zealand **Picton (New Zealand electorate) *Picton, North Yorkshire, England, UK *Picton River, a river that joins the Huon River in Tasmania People * 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 * ''Picton'' (1815 ship), a full-ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picton Castle
Picton Castle ( cy, Castell Pictwn) is a medieval castle near Haverfordwest in the community of Uzmaston, Boulston and Slebech, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Originally built at the end of the 13th century by a Flemish knight, it later came into the hands of Sir John Wogan. The Castle and estate is now run by the Picton Castle Trust, a registered charity, and is no longer occupied by Wogan's descendants, the Philipps family (see Baron Milford and Viscount St Davids). It is of unusual construction and has been remodelled several times during its history. It is a Grade I listed building. History Until the late eleventh century, this part of southwestern Wales was part of the Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth. After the death in 1093 of the king of Deheubarth, Rhys ap Tewdwr, in the Battle of Brecon, the Normans took advantage of the lack of leadership among the Welsh, and Norman forces seized much of South Wales. In 1102, following a failed revolt by many of these Normans against King Henry I o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picton River
Picton may refer to: Places *Picton Castle, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK * Picton, Cheshire, England, UK *Picton (ward), an electoral ward of the Liverpool City Council, England, UK *Picton, New South Wales, Australia * Picton, Western Australia, an industrial suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia *Picton, Ontario, Canada ** CFB Picton, a former military installation * Picton, Lennox and Nueva, islands off Tierra del Fuego, Chile *Picton, New Zealand **Picton (New Zealand electorate) * Picton, North Yorkshire, England, UK * Picton River, a river that joins the Huon River in Tasmania People * 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 * ''Picton'' (1815 ship), a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picton (racehorse)
Picton may refer to: Places *Picton Castle, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK * Picton, Cheshire, England, UK *Picton (ward), an electoral ward of the Liverpool City Council, England, UK *Picton, New South Wales, Australia * Picton, Western Australia, an industrial suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia *Picton, Ontario, Canada ** CFB Picton, a former military installation * Picton, Lennox and Nueva, islands off Tierra del Fuego, Chile *Picton, New Zealand **Picton (New Zealand electorate) * Picton, North Yorkshire, England, UK *Picton River, a river that joins the Huon River in Tasmania People * 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 * ''Picton'' (1815 ship), a fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Picton
The SS ''Picton'' was a British steamship, chiefly known for its involvement in the events of the Halifax Explosion. History At the time of the Halifax explosion, ''Picton'' was moored next to the sugar refinery wharf, having earlier run aground and damaged her stern post and rudder. Her cargo (food-stuffs and explosives) was being removed by a party of 80 longshoremen so that she might be safely repaired. They had gotten as far as her ballast, 1,500 tons of fused shells, when the blast happened. She was only a hundred feet away from the SS ''Mont-Blanc'' when the fire began. The superintendent foreman, Frank Carew, realised the danger and, along with his men, had the hatch covers closed and secured when the ''Mont-Blanc'' went up. Carew, his two assistants and 68 of the men were killed and stripped by the blast. A 1-ton boulder, presumably lifted from the harbour bottom by the blast, landed on the ship. Only ten of the crew survived, in varying conditions of hurt. A party of b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picton (1815 Ship)
''Picton'' was launched in 1815 at Bristol. She made three voyages to the West Indies and one to St. Petersburg. Her first master was Charles Mountstephens. She enters '' Lloyd's Register '' in 1816 with Mountstevens as master and trade London-Jamaica. Then on 27 January 1817 John Morris replaced Mountstephens, shortly after her change of ownership. ''Picton'', Morris, master, was outbound on a voyage to Barbados when she wrecked on Foreland Point between Minehead and Ilfracombe during a storm on 20 January 1820.''Lloyd's List ''Lloyd's List'' is one of the world's oldest continuously running journals, having provided weekly shipping news in London as early as 1734. It was published daily until 2013 (when the final print issue, number 60,850, was published), and is ...'№5459./ref> Two crewmen died of exposure but a woman passenger and the rest of the crew were saved. (The same storm claimed a number of other vessels.) Citations References *Farr, Grahame E., ed. (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Picton
Christopher James Picton (born 13 January 1983) is an Australian politician representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Electoral district of Kaurna, Kaurna for the Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch), South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party since the 2014 South Australian state election, 2014 state election. He has served as the Minister for Health and Wellbeing in the Malinauskas ministry since March 2022, previously shadowing the role while in opposition. Political career Prior to being elected to parliament, Picton was chief-of-staff for his predecessor John Hill (Australian politician), John Hill and later a staffer for Nicola Roxon, the federal Minister for Health (Australia), Minister for Health and Attorney-General for Australia, Attorney-General. Picton was appointed as a member of the Cabinet of South Australia in September 2017 as Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Picton
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton (24 August 175818 June 1815) was a British Army officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. 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. Picton came to public attention initially for his cruelty during his governorship (1797–1803) of Trinidad, as a result of which he was put on trial in England for approving the illegal torture of a 14-year-old girl, Luisa Calderón. Though initially convicted, Picton later had the conviction overturned arguing that Trinidad was subject to Spanish law, which permitted the use of torture. Controversy over the torture and Picton's role in the colonial slave trade revived in recent years. In 2020, Cardiff Council voted to remove Picton's statue in the "Heroes of Wales" gallery in Cardiff City Hall. In the same year it was reporte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Allanson Picton
James Allanson Picton (8 August 1832 – 4 February 1910) was a British independent minister, author, philosopher and Liberal politician. Picton promoted a philosophy known as Christian pantheism. Life Picton was born at Liverpool, the eldest son of Sir James Allanson Picton and his wife Sarah Pooley. His father was an architect and supporter of the Liverpool Free Library. He was educated at the High School, and at the Mechanics' Institute and joined his father's architectural practice at the age of 16. Three years later he decided to study for the ministry and joined the Lancashire Independent College and Owens College, Manchester. He achieved a first in classics and in 1855 was awarded MA at the University of London. In spite of allegations of heresy, in 1856, he was appointed to Cheetham Hill congregational church at Manchester. There he gave a course of popular lectures to the working classes, but one of his sermons revived the allegation of heresy and in 1862 he went to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Picton
Sir James Allanson Picton (2 December 1805 – 15 July 1889) was an English antiquary and architect who played a large part in the public life of Liverpool. He took a particular interest in the establishment of public libraries. James Picton was born in Liverpool to William Picton, a joiner and timber merchant, and entered his father's business at the age of 13. He later joined the office of Daniel Stewart, an architect and surveyor, eventually taking over the business. Picton designed some important buildings in Liverpool, including the corn exchange and Richmond Buildings, an office block, now demolished.C. W. Sutton, ‘Picton, Sir James Allanson (1805–1889)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 200 accessed 11 January 2009 He became a member of the town council in 1849, and in 1851 a member (and later chairman) of the Wavertree local board. He started to campaign for a public library for the borough and in 1852 an Act of Parliament was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesar Picton
Cesar Picton (c. 1755 – 1836) was presumably enslaved in Africa by the time he was about six years old. He was bought and brought to England by an English army officer who had been in Senegal, and in 1761 was "presented" as a servant to Sir John Philipps, who lived at Norbiton Place, near Kingston upon Thames in Surrey. Picton later became a wealthy coal merchant in Kingston. Slave to servant Sir John Philipps was a British Baronet and Member of Parliament. His journal for November 1761 recorded the arrival of Picton in his household, along with the gift of "a parakeet and a foreign duck". He was soon baptised by the Philippses, who were supporters of missionary work – although it is quite likely that he had been born into an Islamic family. Initially rigged out as an exotic page-boy, with a velvet turban (cost 10 shillings and sixpence) in the rococo fashion of the day, he became a favourite of the family, especially Lady Philipps. When Picton was about 33, Horace Walpole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huon River
The Huon River is a perennial river located in the south-west and south-east regions of Tasmania, Australia. At in length, the Huon River is the fifth-longest in the state, with its course flowing east through the fertile Huon Valley and emptying into the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, before flowing into the Tasman Sea. Location and features The Huon River rises below Junction Hill in the Southwest National Park with much of its upper catchment drawn from the Marsden Range and associated peaks including Mount Anne, Mount Bowes and Mount Wedge. The river flows generally south through the south-eastern portion of Lake Pedder and is impounded at the Scotts Peak Dam. Thereafter, the river flows generally south-east to the Tahune Airwalk. From its source to mouth, the river is joined by 26 tributaries including the Anne, Cracroft, Picton, Weld, Arve, Russell, Little Denison and Mountain rivers. After passing through the rural township of Glen Huon the river flows down rapids to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picton, North Yorkshire
Picton is a hamlet and civil parish located in the north of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south from Yarm, south from Middlesbrough, and just over west from the A19 road. The name of the village derives from Old English and means "Pica's farm or settlement." Up until the 1850s, the village was spelt as ''Pickton'' with the old spelling being cut into the Picton Liberty stone which marked the boundary between the parishes of Picton and Kirklevington. The parish is in the Hambleton District and had a population of 108 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 135 at the 2011 Census. It lies just south of the border with the Stockton-on-Tees unitary authority. A stream which lies east of the village is called the Picton Stell. Every year Picton holds a show on the third Saturday in July. The event has horse, dog, craft and horticulture competitions, and traditional games and races for children. There is also a bar, and stalls for refreshment and ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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