Panton Corbett ( – 22 November 1855) was an English

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politician from

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. His family was a branch of the Norman Corbet family of Caus. Panton Corbett lived at Longnor Hall in Shropshire and Leighton Hall in

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. He was elected at the 1820 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for

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, having contested the seat unsuccessfully at a by-election in May 1819. He was re-elected in 1826, but was defeated at the 1830 general election. He was

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in 1849. His oldest surviving son Edward Corbett (1817–1895) was MP for South Shropshire from 1868 to 1877.

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* 1785 births 1855 deaths Tory MPs (pre-1834) Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Shropshire UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 High sheriffs of Shropshire {{England-UK-MP-stub