Talk:John Mytton

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Regarding the Bedford Hotel story - I have heard this tale attibuted to or claimed by the Mermaid at Atcham, Attingham Park, the Lion Hotel, Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury and the Bedford in Leamington is new to me. It is maybe the sort of stunt Jack may well have pulled off more than once...Can someone cite it? Cant recall it from Nimrod's biog off the top of my head. Jeremy Bolwell (talk) 12:18, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

This person is related to my piano teacher!

Seriously he is! My piano teacher has the same surname and he told me he was one of his ancestors. He reffered to him as "Mad Jack" Mytton though, so I created that as a redirect page. Jprulestheworld01 (talk) 07:10, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

One thing I remember reading about him is that after he'd beaten that miner in the bareknuckle fight which was mentioned, he gave him a couple of gold sovereigns for his bravery - a not insignificant amount of money for the time.

Meltingpot (talk) 19:11, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Section 'The Army'

I have retitled this section 'Military Service' as he also saw documented service in two Shropshire yeomanry regiments as early as 1812, citeable to a detailed regimental history of the Shropshire Yeomanry (published 1953). For better chronological order the existing paragraph is therefore being reorganised with its main text (on his time in 7th Hussars) sandwiched between two periods of yeomanry service.Cloptonson (talk) 18:14, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Exile to France

I have corrected the year of his exile from 1830 to 1831 because earlier in 1831 he attempted to stand for Parliament for Shropshire although, according to source I will cite when I add account of the election attempt, fear of debt proceedings was hanging over him.Cloptonson (talk) 18:48, 14 April 2012 (UTC) I have added a paragraph on the election attempt, immediately following that about his election for and short time as MP for Shrewsbury.Cloptonson (talk) 22:07, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Education

I don't believe John ever made it to Cambridge University, although he did order the port to meet him there (I understand the war in France ended, which enabled him to take the Grand Tour, before having to go to the trouble of actually attending). I will look into making an appropriate edit at some point (unless a more experienced editor saves me the trouble of actually doing it). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.246.199 (talk) 01:12, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Illustration of John Mytton

I think that there might be a mistake in the caption below the painting by Nathaniel Dance-Holland. The painting is dated c. 1760, and the figure second from the left is identified as Mytton, but given Myton's birth date of 30 September 1796, it can't be him. His father, according to the article died at the age of thirty when Mytton was two years old, so it can't be him, either. It is possible that it might be his grandfather, but since there is no mention of him, it isn't possible to say for sure. In any case, its relevance isn't clear. Badwaiter0 (talk) 05:15, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Unless it can be proved the John Mytton was a relative of the subject, who had a number of depictions made of him during his lifetime, I would propose removal.Cloptonson (talk) 19:43, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

tate.org.uk credibly dates this painting to 1760 (so it's inclusion appears to be due to mistaken identity, and it's removal amply justified). 217.42.196.64 (talk) 23:23, 12 November 2013 (UTC)