"Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton GCB (24 August 1758 – 18 June 1815), a Welsh officer of the British Army, fought in a number of campaigns for Britain in ...
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the Napoleonic Wars. According to the historian Alessandro Barbero, Picton was "respected for his courage and feared for his irascible temperament". The Duke of Wellington called him "a rough foul-mouthed devil as ever lived", but found him capable.
Picton came to public attention initially for his alleged cruelty during his governorship (1797–1803) of Trinidad, as a result of which he was put on trial in England for illegally torturing a woman. Though he was convicted, the conviction was later overturned." - (en.wikipedia.org 08.11.2019)
