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See also:PICTON, See also:SIR . See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS (1758—1815), See also:British See also:general, was the younger son of Thomas Picton, of Poyston, See also:Pembrokeshire, where he was See also:born in See also:August 1758. In 1771 he obtained an See also:ensign's See also:commission in the 12th See also:regiment of See also:foot, but he did not join until two years afterwards. The regiment was then stationed at See also:Gibraltar, where he remained until he was made See also:captain in the 75th in See also:January 1778, when he returned to See also:England. The regiment was disbanded five years later. On the occasion of its disbandment Picton quelled a See also:mutiny amongst the men by his prompt See also:personal See also:action and courage, and was promised a See also:majority in See also:reward for his conduct. This, however, he did not receive, and after living in retirement on his See also:father's See also:estate for nearly twelve years, he went out to the See also:West Indies in 1794 on the strength of a slight acquaintance with Sir See also:John See also:Vaughan, the See also:commander-in-See also:chief, who made him his aide-de-See also:camp and gave him a captaincy in the 17th foot. Shortly afterwards he was promoted See also:major. Under Sir See also:Ralph See also:Abercromby, who succeeded Vaughan in 1795, he took See also:part in the See also:capture of St See also:Lucia (for which he was promoted See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel) and in that of St See also:Vincent. After the reduction of See also:Trinidad Abercromby made him See also:governor of the See also:island. He administered the island with such success that the inhabitants petitioned against the retrocession of the island to See also:Spain, and their protest, with Picton's and Abercromby's representations, ensured the retention of Trinidad as a British See also:possession. In See also:October 18or he was gazetted brigadier-general. But by this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the rigour of his See also:government, as reported by his enemies, had led to a demand by See also:humanitarians at See also:home for his removal. Colonel See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Fullarton (1754—1808) procured the See also:appointment of a commission to govern the island, of which he himself was the See also:senior member, Captain (afterwards See also:Admiral Sir See also:Samuel) See also:Hood the second, and Picton himself the junior. Picton there-upon tendered his resignation, and Hood, as soon as the nature of Fullarton's proceedings became obvious, followed his example (1803). On his way home Picton took part with See also:great See also:credit in military operations in St Lucia and See also:Tobago. Realizing, however, that the attacks upon him were increasing in virulence, he quickly returned to England, and in See also:December 1803 he was arrested by See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of the privy See also:council. He was tried in the See also:court of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:bench before See also:Lord See also:Ellenborough in 18o6 on a See also:charge of unlawfully applying See also:torture to extort a See also:confession from Luise See also:Calderon, a See also:mulatto woman of loose See also:character who was charged, along with a See also:man, with See also:robbery. The torture consisted in compelling the woman to stand on one See also:leg on a See also:flat-headed peg for one See also:hour. The See also:punishment was ordered under See also:Spanish See also:law (which in See also:default of a fresh See also:code Picton had been appointed to administer in 18o1) by the See also:local See also:alcalde, and approved by Picton. On these grounds the court returned a merely technical See also:verdict of guilty, which was superseded in 18o8 by a See also:special verdict on retrial. It should be mentioned that the inhabitants of the island, who had already given him a See also:sword of See also:honour, and had petitioned the king not to accept his resignation, subscribed £4000 towards his legal expenses, which sum Picton contributed in return to the See also:relief of the suffering caused by a widespread See also:fire in See also:Port of Spain. He had meanwhile been promoted major-general, and in 18o9 he had been governor of See also:Flushing during the Walcheren expedition. In 181o, at See also:Wellington's See also:request, he was appointed to command a See also:division in Spain. For the remaining years of the See also:Peninsular See also:War, Picton was one, of Wellington's See also:principal subordinates. The commander-in-chief, it is true, never reposed in him the confidence that he gave to See also:Beresford See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill and See also:Craufurd. But in the resolute, thorough and punctual See also:execution of a well-defined task Picton had no See also:superior in the See also:army. His debut,
owing partly to his naturally stern and now embittered See also:temper, and partly to the difficult position in which he was placed, was unfortunate. On the Coa in See also:July 1810 Craufurd's division became involved in an action, and Picton, his nearest See also:neighbour, refused to support him, as Wellington's See also:direct orders were to avoid an engagement. Details of the incident will be found in See also:Oman, Peninsular War, vol. iii. Shortly after this, however, at Busaco, Picton found and used his first great opportunity for distinction. Here he had a See also:plain See also:duty, that of repulsing the See also:French attack, and he performed that duty with a skill and See also:resolution which indicated his great See also:powers as a See also:troop-See also:leader. After the See also:winter in the lines of Torres Vedras, he added to his reputation and to that of his division, the 3rd, at Fuentes d'Onor. In See also:September he was given the local See also:rank of lieutenant-general, and in the same See also:month the division won great See also:glory by its rapid and orderly retirement under severe pressure from the French See also:cavalry at El Bodon. In October Picton was appointed to the colonelcy of the 77th regiment. In the first operations of 1812 Picton and Craufurd, See also:side by side for the last time, stormed the two breaches of See also:Ciudad Rodrigo, Craufurd and Picton's second in command, Major-General Mackinnon, being mortallywounded. At See also:Badajoz, a month later, the successful storming of the fortress was due to his daring self-reliance and penetration in converting the secondary attack on the See also:castle, delivered by the 3rd division, into a real one. He was himself wounded in this terrible engagement, but would not leave the ramparts, and the See also:day after, having recently inherited a See also:fortune, he gave every survivor of his command a See also:guinea. His See also:wound, and an attack of See also:fever, compelled him to return to England to recruit his See also:health, but he reappeared at the front in See also:April 1813. While in England he was invested with the See also:collar and badge of a K.B. by the See also:prince See also:regent, and in See also:June he was made a lieutenant-general in the army. The conduct of the 3rd division under his leadership at the See also:battle of See also:Vittoria and in the engagements in the See also:Pyrenees raised his reputation as a resolute and skilful fighting general to a still higher point. See also:Early in 1814 he was offered, but after consulting Wellington declined, the command of the British forces operating on the side of See also:Catalonia. He thus See also:bore his See also:share in the See also:Orthez See also:campaign and in the final victory before See also:Toulouse.
On the break-up of the division the See also:officers presented Picton with a valuable service of See also:plate, and on the 24th of June 1814 he received for the seventh time the thanks of the See also:House of See also:Commons for his great services. Somewhat to his disappointment he was not included amongst the generals who were raised to the See also:peerage, but early in 1815 he was made a G.C.B. When See also:Napoleon returned from See also:Elba, Picton, at Wellington's request, accepted a high command in the Anglo-Dutch army. He was severely wounded at Quatre See also:Bras on the 16th of June, but concealed his wound and retained command of his troops, and at See also:Waterloo on the 18th, while repulsing with impetuous valour " one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy on our position," he was shot through the See also:head by a See also:musket See also:ball. His See also:body was brought home to See also:London, and buried in the See also:family vault at St See also:George's, See also:Hanover Square. A public See also:monument was erected to his memory in St See also:Paul's See also:Cathedral, by order of See also:parliament, and in 1823 another was erected at See also:Carmarthen by subscription, the king contributing a See also:hundred guineas thereto.
See See also:- ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
- ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
- ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
- ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
- ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
- ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
- ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)
Robinson's See also:Life of Sir Thomas Picton (London, 1836), with which, however, compare See also:Napier's and Oman's histories of the Peninsular War as to controversial points.
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