Picton Castle
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Picton Castle is a medieval castle near Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, south Wales. It was built in the 13th century by Sir John Wogan and is still inhabited by his descendants, the Philipps family (see Baron Milford and Viscount St Davids). The castle is now owned and operated by the Picton Castle Trust.
Cesar Picton, was named after the castle. He was enslaved as a child in his native Senegal, before being a servant of the Phillips family for many years, and then going on to become a wealthy coal-merchant in Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, very possibly selling coal bought from the Picton mines of his ex-employers.
The Welsh-built barque Picton Castle (now a Canadian sail training ship) is also named after the castle.
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