Name Panton Corbett Role Politician | Died November 22, 1855 | |
Panton Corbett (c. March 1785 – 22 November 1855) was an English Tory politician from Shropshire.
His family was a branch of the Norman Corbet family of Caus, who came to England with William the Conqueror and were granted extensive lands in Shropshire and the Welsh Marches. Panton Corbett lived at Longnor Hall in Shropshire and Leighton Hall in Montgomeryshire.
He was elected at the 1820 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Shrewsbury, having contested the seat unsuccessfully at a by-election in May 1819. He was re-elected in 1826, but was defeated at the 1820 general election.
He was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1849.
His oldest surviving son Edward Corbett (1817–1895) was MP for South Shropshire from 1868 to 1877.
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