Family and Education
b. 30 Sept. 1796, o.s. of John Mytton of Halston by Harriet, da. of William (Mostyn) Owen of Woodhouse. educ. by Rev. W. W. Owen at home; Westminster 1807-11; Harrow 1812-13.He was expelled from both and assaulted a private tutor in Berkshire to whom he was susequently sent; entered at both universities, he matriculated at neither, though he sent 339 gallons of port to Cambridge to await his arrival. . m. (1) 21 May 1818, Harriet Emma (d. 2 July 1820), da. of (Sir) Thomas (Tyrwhitt) Jones, 1st Bt., 1da.; (2) 29 Oct. 1821, Caroline Mallett, (who separated from him 3 Nov. 1828) da. of Thomas Giffard of Chillington, Staffs., 4s. 1da. suc. fa. 1798.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Merion. 1821 – 22, Salop 1823 – 24; mayor, Oswestry 1824.
Capt. Oswestry yeoman cav. 1812; cornet, 7 Hussars 1816, ret. 1817; maj. N. Salop yeoman cav. 1822.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Halston, Salop.
Notes
Based on ‘Nimrod’, Life of John Mytton, R. Darwall Madcap’s Progress and E. Sitwell, English Eccentrics.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
MYTTON, John (1796-1834)
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