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himself possessed of an estate of about i^ 10,000 a year 

 and ;i^6o,ooo of accumulated cash, but a large portion of 

 the latter had to go towards liquidating his already 

 numerous debts. Quitting the army, he married, at the 

 age of twenty-three, Harriet, the eldest daughter of the 

 then lately deceased Sir Tyrrwhitt Jones, Bart, of Stanley 

 Hall, Shropshire. The bridegroom was attended by the 

 Earl of Uxbridge and the Earl of Denbigh, K.G., and 

 the wedding was one of the events of the season. The 

 issue of their union was only one daughter. Mrs 

 Mytton died a few years after her marriage, and there 

 can be no doubt that her death was accelerated, if not 

 caused, by her husband's insane and cruel conduct. 



John Mytton was physically a fine animal : in height 

 about five feet nine inches, in weight twelve stone, with 

 magnificent shoulders, a splendid chest, and an arm, the 

 biceps muscle of which was larger than that of Jackson, 

 the celebrated pugilist, who was believed to be the most 

 powerful man of his time in England. He was fond of 

 displaying his strength, but it was perhaps fortunate 

 that he steadily refused to learn boxing. As it was, in 

 a 'turn up' he was what is called a very awkward 

 customer, and knocked down his man, when he could 

 get at him, as if he had been a ninepin. But he was 

 nearly ignorant of the science of self-defence, and never 

 attempted to attain it. His bull-dog courage, however, 

 added to his tremendous blow, enabled him to beat any 

 ordinary man ; and so well was his prowess known, that 

 few ventured to encounter him. 



In dress Mytton was peculiar, not to say eccentric. He 

 never wore any but the thinnest and finest silk stockings, 

 with such thin boots or shoes, that in winter he rarely had 

 dry feet. To flannel he was a stranger from the time 



