John Mytton
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John "Mad Jack" Mytton was a British eccentric and rake of the Regency period who was briefly a Tory Member of Parliament.
John Mytton c. May 1818
Halston Hall, Whittington
John Mytton, c. 1820 – 1830
John Mytton, Esquire, Halston, Salop, by William Giller after William Webb, 1841
Shrewsbury Prison
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HM Prison Shrewsbury was a category B/C men's prison in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It was decommissioned in March 2013, and is now open to the public.
John Mytton
…is gone, by God!', said he and reeled, naked, into bed." In 1833, Mytton returned to England, where, still unable to pay his debts, he was confined at Shrewsbury Prison, then transferred to the King's Bench Prison in Southwark. He died there in 1834, a "round-shouldered, tottering, old-young man bloated by drink, worn…
Main entrance to Shrewsbury Prison
Inside A Wing at Shrewsbury Prison
Bust of John Howard above the main entrance.
The View from Healthcare inside Shrewsbury Prison