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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, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
• Picton, Cheshire, England, UK
• Picton (ward), an electoral ward of the Liverpool City Council, England, UK
• Picton, North Yorkshire, England, UK

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

• All pages with titles beginning with Picton
• All pages with titles containing Picton
• Pickton (disambiguation)

• Disambiguation pages
• Place name disambiguation pages
• Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists
• Ship disambiguation pages