On 30th September 1796 John "Mad Jack" Mytton was born to John Mytton [aged 28]. He was educated at Westminster School [Map] but expelled after one year for fighting with a Master. He was then sent to Harrow School from where he was expelled after three months.
In 1798 [his father] John Mytton [aged 30] died. His son John "Mad Jack" Mytton [aged 1] inherited the family seat of Halston Hall, Whittington, near Oswestry, which was worth £60,000 as well as an annual income of £10,000 a year.
In January 1816 John "Mad Jack" Mytton [aged 19] matriculated Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map]; it is doubtful that he took his place. He was not awarded a degree.
On 21st May 1818 John "Mad Jack" Mytton [aged 21] and Harriet Emma Tyrwhitt-Jones [aged 28] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
In 1819 John "Mad Jack" Mytton [aged 22] was elected MP Shrewsbury after having offered £10 to each voter spending £10000. He spend thirty minutes in the House of Commons.
On 2nd July 1820 [his wife] Harriet Emma Tyrwhitt-Jones [aged 30] died.
On 29th October 1821 John "Mad Jack" Mytton [aged 25] and Caroline Mallet Giffard [aged 21] were married. She left him in 1830.
On 9th August 1822 [his daughter] Barbara Augusta Norah Mytton was born to John "Mad Jack" Mytton [aged 25] and [his wife] Caroline Mallet Giffard [aged 22]. She married 15th April 1847 Poulett George Henry Somerset and had issue.
In 1833 John "Mad Jack" Mytton [aged 36] was imprisoned at the King's Bench Prison [Map] for being unable to pay his debts.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
On 29th March 1834 John "Mad Jack" Mytton [aged 37] died in King's Bench Prison [Map].
On 19th October 1841 [his former wife] Caroline Mallet Giffard [aged 41] died.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Mytton
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Mytton
Grandfather: John Mytton
father: John Mytton