Background
Hatton was the eldest son of John Hatton of Long Stanton, Cambridgeshire and his wife Jane Shute, daughter of Robert Shute.
Hatton was the eldest son of John Hatton of Long Stanton, Cambridgeshire and his wife Jane Shute, daughter of Robert Shute.
He was educated at Cambridge by 1599.
He succeeded to the estates of Sir Christopher Hatton in 1597 and was made a royal ward in 1599. He was knighted with the Order of the Bath in 1603. In 1606 he was elected Member of Parliament for Bedford replacing Humphrey Winch who became a judge.
In 1614 Hatton was elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdon.
He became Remembrancer of the Exchequer and joint steward of the manor of Barking in 1616. Hatton died intestate aged 37 in 1619 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
Hatton married Alice Fanshawe, daughter of Thomas Fanshawe of Ware Park, Hertfordshire on 13 March 1602.
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In 1601, Hatton was elected Member of Parliament for Buckingham.