Talk:Thomas Picton

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[edit] New World

Coverage of Picton's stay and conduct, followed by his trial was completely one sided and did not quote facts

Have made many edits in the section, based on the award winning historical work by VS Naipaul, 'Loss of El Dorado' —Preceding unsigned comment added by Puruvara (talk • contribs) 06:00, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Questions

Mintguy you added a lot of information about Thomas Picton and made the comment "Adding content from EB11 to be cleaned and merged in" What is EB11? just curious

What about his fame (for eccenticity) by not wearing military uniform, instead a top hat and ordinary suit?

[edit] Peerage Denied

He was probably not granted a peerage - or for that matter his widow after his death - due to the belief he was not a gentleman which was almost a sine qua non for ennoblement. Wellington called him a 'rough foul-mouthed devil as ever lived' and certainyl not a gentleman Alci12 17:56, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I have removed a line from the page that was someone's attempt at a joke saying he was founder of bestiality, pornography etc. Some bored moron's idea of a joke, no doubt. (Alexpritchard 22:09, 6 April 2007 (UTC))