Picton Family Records,

Records of the Picton family of Poyston, Pembrokeshire, and Iscoed, Carmarthenshire, including deeds, 1691-1909; rentals and accounts of the Poyston and Llandow estates, 1806-1842; papers and accounts relating to various members of the Picton family, 1786-1883, and papers of the Brogden family of Porthcawl, Glamorgan, 1884-1925.

The Picton family of Poyston came from Norman ancestors, who had settled in Pembrokeshire. Military tradition was strong in the family and three of Thomas and Cecil Picton's sons were Generals in the Army. Among these was General Sir Thomas Picton (1758-1815), who served as governor of Trinidad before being killed in action at Waterloo. General Sir Thomas Picton (1758-1815) purchased Iscoed (Old) and Iscoed (Modern) and two other farms from Sir John Bell William Mansel for £30,000 in 1804. The estate descended to Lucy Eleanor Picton who married James Brogden. Lucy inherited the estate in 1903, selling it in 1914 and 1917.

Arranged into deeds and miscellaneous papers.

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Donated by Mr H.J. Randall, Bridgend, with the permission of the executors of the late Miss Lucy Eleanor Brogden in 1955.

The Picton family of Poyston came from Norman ancestors, who had settled in Pembrokeshire. Military tradition was strong in the family and three of Thomas and Cecil Picton's sons were Generals in the Army. Among these was General Sir Thomas Picton (1758-1815), who served as governor of Trinidad before being killed in action at Waterloo. General Sir Thomas Picton (1758-1815) purchased Iscoed (Old) and Iscoed (Modern) and two other farms from Sir John Bell William Mansel for £30,000 in 1804. The estate descended to Lucy Eleanor Picton who married James Brogden. Lucy inherited the estate in 1903, selling it in 1914 and 1917.

Title supplied from contents of fonds

Hard copies of the catalogue are available at NLW and HMC.

April 2002

Compiled by Mair James.

The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: The Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1950, (London, 1959); <http://www.carmarthen-museum.org.uk/picton.htm>; Jones, Francis, Historic Carmarthenshire Homes and their families, (Newport, 1997).

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The National Library of Wales holds the J. Glyn Picton Papers relating mainly to his research into General Sir Thomas Picton and the Picton family.

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