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 Huon River in Tasmania

Canada

  • Picton, Ontario, Canada
  • CFB Picton, a former military installation

Chile

  • Picton, Lennox and Nueva, islands off Tierra del Fuego, Chile

New Zealand

  • Picton, New Zealand
  • Picton (New Zealand electorate)

United Kingdom

  • Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales, a castle near Haverfordwest
  • Picton, Cheshire, England, a hamlet near Chester
  • Picton (ward), electoral division in Liverpool
  • Picton, North Yorkshire, England, a hamlet near Middlesbrough

People

  • Cesar Picton (c. 1755 – 1836), from slave to successful businessman in England
  • James Picton (1805–1889), Liverpool architect
  • James Allanson Picton (1832–1910), British author, philosopher and politician
  • Thomas Picton (1758–1815), Welsh general who led British forces in the Peninsular War
  • Chris Picton (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), a competitor that failed to complete the 1848 Grand National
  • Portrait of Thomas Picton, an 1815 painting by William Beechey

See also

  • Pickton (disambiguation)