Sir Thomas Picton

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British Army officer colonial governor human

Sir Thomas Picton was a British Army officer and divisional commander best known for his hard-fighting leadership during the Napoleonic Wars, including the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo.

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Label	Occurrences
Sir Thomas Picton canonical	2
Thomas Picton	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer ⓘ colonial governor ⓘ human ⓘ
accusedOf	abuse of power as colonial governor ⓘ use of torture in Trinidad ⓘ
allegiance	United Kingdom ⓘ
appointedBy	British government NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of the Bath ⓘ
burialPlace	London NERFINISHED ⓘ St Paul’s Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	gunshot wound ⓘ killed in action ⓘ
conflict	Battle of Badajoz NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Busaco NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Ciudad Rodrigo NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Quatre Bras NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Vitoria NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Waterloo NERFINISHED ⓘ French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Peninsular War NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1758-08-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1815-06-18 ⓘ
endTime	governor of Trinidad: 1803 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Welsh ⓘ
familyName	Picton NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Sir ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	killed in war ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRank	lieutenant general ⓘ
notableFor	controversial and brutal rule in Trinidad ⓘ hard-fighting leadership during the Peninsular War ⓘ leading the 5th Division at Waterloo ⓘ
notableWork	command at the Battle of Waterloo ⓘ command in the Peninsular War ⓘ governorship of Trinidad ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Haverfordwest NERFINISHED ⓘ Pembrokeshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	United Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Waterloo NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Governor of Trinidad ⓘ Governor of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
startTime	governor of Trinidad: 1797 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British 3rd Division → notableCommander → Sir Thomas Picton ⓘ

British 5th Division → notableCommander → Sir Thomas Picton ⓘ

Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro → commander → Sir Thomas Picton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thomas Picton