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Radio Shropshire,09 Oct 2024,7 mins

The Georgian Hellraiser

Secret Shropshire

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“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 BBC Radio Shropshire’s Johnty O’Donnell the story of John “Mad Jack” Mytton.

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