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Thomas Picton

1758 - 1815

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Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton (24 August 1758 – 18 June 1815) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. According to the historian Alessandro Barbero, Picton was "respected for his courage and feared for his irascible temperament". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Picton has received more than 543,285 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Thomas Picton is the 1,842nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,588th in 2019), the 3,945th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,399th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Thomas Picton ranks 1,842 out of 2,058. Before him are Billy Bishop, Frederick C. Weyand, Márcio Melo, Reginald Wingate, Riad al-Asaad, and Reginald Dyer. After him are Musa Gareyev, John André, Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, Volodymyr Pravyk, Kyrylo Budanov, and John Bell Hood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1758, Thomas Picton ranks 33. Before him are Agustín de Betancourt, Valentin Vodnik, Peter Andreas Heiberg, George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, John Hoppner, and John Armstrong Jr.. After him are Charles Lee, Fisher Ames, and Joshua Booth. Among people deceased in 1815, Thomas Picton ranks 30. Before him are Francesco Bartolozzi, John Singleton Copley, Johann Peter Salomon, William Nicholson, Jakub Jan Ryba, and William Roxburgh. After him are George Montagu, Benjamin Smith Barton, John Carroll, Charles Lee, Richard Bassett, and Peter the Aleut.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Picton ranks 3,945 out of 8,785. Before him are Alec Jeffreys (1950), Murray Walker (1923), Thomas Thomson (1817), Eric Thompson (1919), Lachlan Macquarie (1762), and Albert Lee (1943). After him are Donald Nicol (1923), Thomas Love Peacock (1785), Barry Foster (1931), Florence Pugh (1996), Simon Gallup (1960), and Billy Hughes (1862).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Thomas Picton ranks 103. Before him are Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591), Captain Tom (1920), Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726), George Milne, 1st Baron Milne (1866), Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663), and Reginald Wingate (1861). After him are John André (1750), Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857), Albert Ball (1896), John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735), Andrew Scott Waugh (1810), and Oliver Leese (1894).

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