# Mike Peyton

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'''Mike Peyton''' (20 January 1921 – 25 January 2017) was a British cartoonist, described by his biographer as ‘the world’s greatest yachting cartoonist’.<ref>[http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/peyton-9781408124406 Bloomsbury Publishing website]</ref>

==Biography==
Mike Peyton was born into a mining family in [County Durham](/source/County_Durham), the son of a disabled First World War veteran.<ref>[http://www.maldonandburnhamstandard.co.uk/leisure/8426940.Cartoonist_who_drew_on_a_life_at_sea/ Maldon Standard] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402122748/http://www.maldonandburnhamstandard.co.uk/leisure/8426940.Cartoonist_who_drew_on_a_life_at_sea/ |date=2012-04-02 }}</ref> Having lied about his age to join the army himself, he was seconded by the intelligence corps to draw maps of the North African desert during the Second World War.<ref>[http://www.noonsite.com/Members/val/R2009-10-24-1 NoonSite]</ref> Despite escaping twice he spent most of the war in a prisoner of war camp. Freed by the advancing Soviet army, he fought alongside Russian troops as they invaded Nazi Germany from the East.

After the war Peyton worked as a freelance cartoonist for the [New Scientist](/source/New_Scientist) for 35 years,<ref>[https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13818745.400-forum-so-farewell-then-mike-peyton.html New Scientist]</ref> as well as contributing cartoons to a wide range of magazines, including the Church of England Times, Corsetry & Underwear, Practical Boat Owner and [Yachting Monthly](/source/Yachting_Monthly).<ref>[http://www.mikepeytoncartoons.co.uk/about-mike-peyton.php Official website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213033501/http://www.mikepeytoncartoons.co.uk/about-mike-peyton.php |date=2012-02-13 }}</ref>

His biography, ''PEYTON: The World’s Greatest Yachting Cartoonist'', was written by Dick Durham and published by [Adlard Coles Nautical](/source/Adlard_Coles_Nautical) in 2010. In 2012 the [Royal Cruising Club](/source/Royal_Cruising_Club) gave Peyton their award for lifetime services to yachting.<ref>[http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/news/530651/peyton-gets-rcc-award Yachting Monthly]</ref>

==Personal life==
Peyton was married to bestselling author [K. M. Peyton](/source/K._M._Peyton) and lived in Essex.

==Selected bibliography==
* ''Out of Our Depth'', 2009, [Adlard Coles Nautical](/source/Adlard_Coles_Nautical)
* ''Mike Peyton’s Floating Assets'', 2008, [Adlard Coles Nautical](/source/Adlard_Coles_Nautical)
* ''Ever Wonder Why We Do It?'', 2007, [Adlard Coles Nautical](/source/Adlard_Coles_Nautical)
* ''Quality Time: 50 Years of Sailing'', 2005, John Wiley & Sons
* ''To Horse'', 1980, George G Harrap and Co. Ltd.

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