LIFE OF MYTTON. ,7 



1 710. Richard Mytton and Edward Cresset, Esq., 

 members.'"' 



1734. John Mytton, grandfather to the subject of 

 this memoir, stood a severe contest for the 

 Borough, but was defeated by Sir Richard 

 Corbet, Bart, and WilHam Kynaston, Esq. ; 

 and the late John Mytton, Esq., was elected 

 member January 14, 18 19, having been 

 opposed by Panton Corbet, Esq., who soon 

 resigned the contest. Numbers — Mytton, 

 384 ; Corbet, 287. 



In so highly an aristocratic county as Shropshire, 

 and one celebrated for its electioneering contentions, 

 these extracts may be sufficient to exhibit the par- 

 liamentary pretensions of this ancient family, and of 

 my departed friend. 



In 1480, Thomas Mytton was high sheriff for 

 Shropshire, and apprehended the Duke of Bucking- 

 ham, who had rebelled against Richard the Third, 

 and conducted him to Salisbury, where, as his 



* This election was the result of a very severe contest. The following 

 was the final state of the poll : — Mytton, 224 ; Edw.ird Cresset (ancestor 

 of Cresset Pelham, Esq., late M.P. for the county), 222 ; Thomas Jones- 

 (ancestor of Sir Tyrwhitt Jones, Bart.), 177 ; Sir Edward Leighton, Bart, 



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