Picton may refer to:

Places

* Picton Castle, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK *

Picton, Cheshire Picton is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mickle Trafford and District, situated near to Chester, in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The civil parish was abolis ...

, 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 Picton is an unincorporated community located in Prince Edward County in southeastern Ontario, roughly east of Toronto. It is the county's largest community and former seat located at the southwestern end of Picton Bay, a branch of the Bay of ...

, Canada **

CFB Picton Canadian Forces Base Picton (CFB Picton) was a military installation located in Picton, Ontario. The base was active from the Second World War to 1969 and served the Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Army. Today, the site func ...

, a former military installation *

Picton, Lennox and Nueva __NOTOC__ Picton, Lennox and Nueva () form a group of three islands (and their islets) at the extreme southern tip of South America, in the Chilean commune of Cabo de Hornos in Antártica Chilena Province, Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Reg ...

, islands off Tierra del Fuego, Chile * Picton, New Zealand ** Picton (New Zealand electorate) *

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 Engli ...

, England, UK *

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, a ...

, a river that joins the

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 empt ...

in Tasmania

People

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 Jo ...

(c. 1755 – 1836), from slave to successful businessman in England * James Picton (1805–1889), Liverpool architect *

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 ...

(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-rigged ship, wrecked 1820 * SS ''Picton'', involved in the Halifax Explosion (1917) *

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, a ...

, a competitor that failed to complete the

1848 Grand National The 1848 Grand National Steeplechase was the tenth official annual running of a handicap steeplechase horse race at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on Wednesday, 1 March. It attracted a then record, field of 29 competitors for a prize valued a ...

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