Picton

Picton may refer to:

• Picton, New South Wales, Australia
• Picton, Western Australia, an industrial suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
• Picton, Ontario, Canada
• Picton, Lennox and Nueva, islands off Tierra del Fuego, Chile
• Picton, New Zealand
  • Picton (New Zealand electorate)
• Picton, Cheshire, England, UK
• Picton, North Yorkshire, England, UK
• Picton Castle, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
• SS Picton, involved in the Halifax Explosion
• Picton (racehorse), a competitor that failed to complete the 1848 Grand National

People with the name

• Cesar Picton (ca 1755-1836), from slave to successful businessman in England
• James Picton (1805–1889), Liverpool architect
• Thomas Picton (1758–1815), Welsh General who led British forces in the Peninsular War

See also

• Robert Pickton (born 1949), Canadian serial killer
• Picton River, a river that joins the Huon River in Tasmania