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The Georgian Hellraiser

“Mad Jack” Mytton was born at Halston Estate in 1796, inheriting a fortune.

“Mad Jack” Mytton was born at Halston Estate near Whittington in 1796 inheriting a fortune which he squandered before dying in a debtors prison aged 37.

In his life time, Jack’s drunken antics made him a Shropshire legend. Rupert and Harriet Harvey at Halston Estate tell 91ȱ Radio Shropshire’s Johnty O’Donnell the story of John “Mad Jack” Mytton.

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