Picton may refer to:

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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 ha ...

, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK * Picton, Cheshire, England, UK *

Picton (ward) Picton is a Liverpool City Council Ward within the Liverpool Wavertree Liverpool Wavertree is a borough constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1997 and every election since has been won by a Labour Party can ...

, an electoral ward of the Liverpool City Council, England, UK *

Picton, New South Wales Picton is a small town in the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Wollondilly Shire, in south-western Sydney. The town is located approximately 90 kilometres south-west of Sydney, close to Camden and Campbelltown. It is a ...

, Australia * Picton, Western Australia, an industrial suburb of

Bunbury, Western Australia Bunbury is a coastal city in the Australian state of Western Australia, approximately south of the state capital, Perth. It is the state's third most populous city after Perth and Mandurah, with a population of approximately 75,000. Located a ...

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, a former military installation * Picton, Lennox and Nueva, islands off Tierra del Fuego, Chile *

Picton, New Zealand Picton ( mi, Waitohi) is a town in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand's South Island. The town is located near the head of the Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui, north of Blenheim and west of Wellington. Waikawa lies just north-east o ...

Picton (New Zealand electorate) Picton was a parliamentary electorate in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand, from 1861 to 1887. Population centres The Picton electorate was based on the town of Picton, New Zealand which was also its main centre. History The electorate w ...

* 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 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 wa ...

(1805–1889), Liverpool architect * James Allanson Picton (1832–1910), British author, philosopher and politician *

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 t ...

(1758–1815), Welsh general who led British forces in the Peninsular War *

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 Austral ...

(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), a competitor that failed to complete the 1848 Grand National

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