Picton, Thomas

has biography | a une biographie: Welsh slave-owner, colonial administator, and military officer in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Picton was Governor of Trinidad from 1797 to 1803 and owned the Union estate on the island. As Governor, Picton came under severe public scrutiny for approving the torture of a 14 year old mixed-race girl named Luisa Calderón, who was illegaly subjected to picketing (a form of military punishment) in order to extract a confession from her. Picton was initally convicted of Calderón's torture in England, but had the conviction overturned by claiming such practices were permitted on the basis that Trinidad was subject to Spanish law.

Picton is commemorated by a number of memorials across the UK. These include a monument in Carmarthen, a monument in St. Paul's Cathedral, and a statue in Cardiff City Hall, which was removed in 2020.
was born | est né: 24 August 1758
died in | est mort par: 18 June 1815
has nationality | a la nationalité: Wales; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
has type | est de type: depicted

is referred to by | est référencé par: Wikipedia; Legacies of British Slavery; Ancestry - Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834; History of Parliament Online; Art UK; National Portrait Gallery; Pantheons: Sculpture at St Paul's Cathedral (c.1796-1916)

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