John Mytton - Modern References

Modern References

• Remarkably, Jack Mytton has served as the inspiration for the Jack Mytton Way a long distance bridleway for riders, mountain bikers and walkers which runs for 116 kilometres / 72 miles through South and Mid Shropshire. There is much irony in his name linked to a venture dedicated to healthy outdoor living.
• More appropriately there is a public house named after him in the canalside village of Hindford near Whittington very near his country house at Halston Hall.
• A hotel, The Mytton & Mermaid, or Mermaid Hotel, on the River Severn at Atcham near Shrewsbury also bears his name and has a bar, Mad Jacks Bar, named in his honour. His funeral cortege halted there on its way to the chapel at Halston.
• There are eight roads, closes, avenues and lanes in Shropshire bearing the Mytton name.
• Mad Jack's life bears comparison with a contemporary, Beau Brummell, whose life describes a similar arc.
• The Jack Mytton Run, an annual streaking event by nude students, happens on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis, Minnesota across Northrup Mall on the first class day following spring break. It is reported to have begun in 1999. In 2009, the multi-year streak was ended when campus police deterred the run.