author
Henry Philip Picot
1857–1937
A British lieutenant-colonel and colonial administrator, he wrote clear, firsthand accounts shaped by military service and international affairs. His best-known book looks at the lives of British soldiers interned in Switzerland during the First World War.
1 Audiobook
The British Interned in Switzerland
by Henry Philip Picot
About the author
Born in 1857 and died in 1937, Henry Philip Picot was a British lieutenant-colonel, colonial administrator, and author. Surviving catalog and archival records connect him with both government service and writing, suggesting a career that moved between administration, military work, and public commentary.
Picot is best known for The British Interned in Switzerland (1919), a work based on wartime experience and observation. Public-domain book records also link him to Railways in Western Asia, showing his interest in strategic and political questions beyond Britain.
Taken together, his books read like the work of someone writing from direct knowledge rather than from a distance. Even though detailed biographical information is limited in the sources available here, his surviving publications show a practical writer interested in empire, transport, diplomacy, and the human side of war.