LIFE OF MYTTON. 29 



Sundorne Castle, Shropshire, widow of the ever-to- 

 be-revered John Corbet, who so many years hunted 

 Warwickshire. Mrs. Mytton, whose state of health 

 was always delicate, died a few years after her 

 marriage. Mr. Mytton had but one sister, who was 

 married to the present Sir John Hesketh Leth- 

 bridge, Bart., then an eldest son, in March, 18 17, 

 and she ceased to exist in the same month of the 

 year 1826, leaving two sons and four daughters. 

 She was not only truly elegant in her person, but 

 very highly accomplished, and of a singularly mild 

 and amiable disposition ; and those who wish for a 

 conhrmation of the eulogium I have passed upon 

 her, may satisfy themselves by referring to the 

 Gentleman's Magazine for October 1826, page 357; 

 where her character is very faithfully sketched in 

 some lines from the pen of a female friend, a 

 niece to the present Bishop of Norwich. Mytton 

 had a great respect for this amiable sister, but 

 would never take her advice, nor indeed that of 

 any living soul. 



Both in person and in mind the gifts of nature 

 were amply bestowed upon Mr. Mytton. In fact, 

 he possessed what are called the animal faculties to 

 a degree seldom witnessed ; and had he been com- 



