Thomas Picton statue covered up, pending removal, after Cardiff City Council votes by 57 votes to 5, with 9 abstentions. Picton was convicted of the torture of a 14 year old girl in 1806 in a case which shocked much of the public two centuries ago https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-wales-53512384?__twitter_impression=true

His portrait at Windsor Castle has been given a new inscription, noting his use of torture. He sought a retrial on the grounds that Spanish law allowed torture. Picton was both celebrated and reviled in his own time, later dying at Waterloo.

The Cardiff case of the Picton statue would seem to have followed the Home Secretary's view that campaigning for and seeking change through the proper democratic process is appropriate in a democracy on issues of cultural monuments, statues and street names.

I would not be surprised if there was a section of opinion which would keep the Rhodes statue but agree with the decision on Picton. (I expect most people would take a similar view of Colston and Piction, for removal or against, but interested if some would differentiate them)

There was a public consultation in 1913 but not a public vote https://twitter.com/DrRoundglasses/status/1286587242866257920?s=19

Picton one of eleven statues selected in 1916, but not favoured in the public nominations in 1913

Lloyd George's theme in unveiling the collection was the role of small nations within large Empires https://twitter.com/sjohnhist/status/1271407077374689281?s=19