Career
He represented Pictou township from 1836 to 1843 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Conservative. He was born in Gorey, Wexford, the son of Robert Hatton, a Dublin barrister, and Jane Tomkins. He came to Nova Scotia in 1813 with his family, settling in Pictou.
Hatton became one of the most active shipbuilders in Pictou County.
He owned a series of buildings and a wharf, known as Hatton"s Wharf, at the foot of South Market Street.
