Picton may refer to:

Places

Australia

Picton, New South Wales Picton is a small town in the Macarthur region of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The town is the administrative centre of the Wollondilly Shire local government area. Picton is located southwest of the Sydney CBD. The town is part of ...

, Australia * Picton, Western Australia, an industrial suburb of Bunbury * Picton East, Western Australia, a locality in the Shire of Dardanup * Picton River, a river that joins the

Huon River The Huon River ( , Aboriginal_Tasmanians#South_East, Mellukerdee/palawa kani: ''Taloonne'') is a perennial river in the South West Tasmania, southwest and southeast regions of Tasmania, Australia. At long, the Huon River is the fifth-longest in ...

in Tasmania

Canada

Picton, Ontario Picton is an unincorporated community located in Prince Edward County, Ontario, 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 Picto ...

, Canada ** CFB Picton, a former military installation

Chile

Picton, Lennox and Nueva 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 Region. Loca ...

, islands off Tierra del Fuego, Chile

New Zealand

Picton, New Zealand Picton () 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, New Zealand, Blenheim and west of Wellington. Waikawa, Marlborough, ...

** Picton (New Zealand electorate)

United Kingdom

Picton Castle Picton Castle () 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 W ...

, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK *

Picton, Cheshire Picton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Mickle Trafford and District, in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England. It lies north-east of Chester. Picton was formerly a separate civil parish until 2015. Toponymy The name derives partly f ...

, England, UK *

Picton (ward) Picton ward was an electoral division of Liverpool City Council centred on the Edge Hill, Liverpool district of Liverpool. Background The ward was first established in 1953 and its boundaries were changed in 1974, 1980 and 2004 before being d ...

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

People

Cesar Picton Cesar Picton ( – 1836) was a British merchant of West African descent. Born in West Africa, he was presumably enslaved by the time he was about six years old. He was subsequently brought to England by a British Army officer in 1761 and given ...

(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 w ...

(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 eldes ...

(1832–1910), British author, philosopher and politician *

Thomas Picton Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton (24 August 175818 June 1815) 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 "respecte ...

(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 Kaurna for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party since the 2014 state election. He has ...

(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 Australia *Picton, New South Wales, Australia * Picton, Western Australia, an industrial suburb of Bunbury * Picton East, Western Australia, a locality in the Shire of Dardanup * Picton River, a river that joins the Huo ...

, 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 ...

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Portrait of Thomas Picton ''Portrait of Thomas Picton'' is a c.1815 portrait painting by William Beechey of the Welsh general Thomas Picton. Picton served during the Peninsular War in Portugal and Spain. He was the highest-ranking British Army officer to die at the Battle ...

'', an 1815 painting by William Beechey