| Authorised form of name | Hatton; Christopher (1605 - 1670); 1st Baron Hatton; politician |
| Dates | 1605 - 1670 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | England, Europe |
| Date of birth | 28 June 1605 |
| Place of death | Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire, England, Europe |
| Date of death | 04 July 1670 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Baptism:
Barking, Essex, England, Europe (11 July 1605)
Burial:
Westminster Abbey, London, England, Europe (August 1670) |
| Activity | Education:
Gray's Inn (admitted 1620); Jesus College, Cambridge (MA 1622); DCL (Oxford 1642)
Career:
MP for Peterborough (1625); MP for Clitheroe (1626); Northampton's Commission for Knighthood fines (1631); High Steward of Higham Ferrers (1636); MP for Higham Ferrers (1640-1642); Commissioner of array (1642); Comptroller of the King's Household (1643-1646); Privy Councillor (1643); Royal Commissioner at Uxbridge (1645); Exiled in France (1648-1656); Attempted to develop his London property at Hatton Garden (1656); Privy Councillor (1662); Governor of Guernsey (1662-1670)
Honours:
KB 1626; Baron 1643
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| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/05/1663 |
| RSActivity | Committee and panels:
Mechanical Committee (c. 1664) |
| Relationships | Parents: Sir Christopher Hatton (d. 1619) and Alice Fanshawe (fl. 1570-1630);
Married: Elizabeth Montagu of Boughton (c. 1610-1672; married 8 May 1630)
Children: Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton; Charles Hatton |
| OtherInfo | During a period of the interregnum years of the Civil War, Hatton possibly struggled with his royalist loyalities and commitments, and on one occasion petitioned unsuccessfully for the government to reverse their seizure of his property. During his life in France, he distanced himself from fellow royalists. As one of the original Fellows of the Royal Society, Hatton was interested in scientific and philosophical affairs, collected books and antiquities, and was a patron to and Sir William Dugdale, antiquary, and his clerk Gregory King, later genealogist and statistician. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB;Venn; Foster; GEC; ODNB
The History of Parliament - Vol. 1604-1629
Notes:
The election date is Hatton's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously mentioned as a member on 22 May 1661.
Baptised at Barking, Essex, on 11 Jul 1605. DNB says that 'some authorities' put his birth date in Dec 1602. Hunter gives year of birth as 1605. Baron Hatton of Kirby, Co. Northampton |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/37729288 |
| Code | NA4943 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| LBO/12/8 | Copy letter from Christopher Hatton to Tancred Robinson | nd |