Regency Personalities Series-Francis Pickmore

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Regency Personalities Series

In my attempts to provide us with the details of the Regency (I include those who were born before 1811 and who died after 1795), today I continue with one of themany period notables.

Francis Pickmore
1756 – 24 February 1818

Francis Pickmore was a naval officer and colonial governor born in Chester, Cheshire, England and died St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Pickmore spent his early naval career in Newfoundland as a lieutenant in 1777 and b...