- Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton
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Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton (1632–1706) succeeded his father, Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton, as Baron Hatton and also as governor of Guernsey in 1670. He and his family were living in the governor's official residence, Castle Cornet, in 1672 when its keep and some living quarters were destroyed by an explosion; his mother and wife were killed.
In 1683, he was created Viscount Hatton, of Gretton. He was married three times, and left daughter Anne (d. 1743) and two sons: William (1690–1760), who succeeded to his father's titles and estates, and Henry Charles (c. 1700-1762), who enjoyed the same dignities for a short time after his brother's death. When Henry Charles died, the titles became extinct, and the family is now represented by the Finch-Hattons, earls of Winchelsea and Nottingham, whose ancestor, Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, married Anne, daughter of the 1st Viscount Hatton.
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Parliament of England Preceded by
Richard Raynsford
Sir William DudleyMember of Parliament for Northampton
1664–1670
With: Richard Raynsford 1663–1664
Sir John Bernard 1664
Sir Henry YelvertonSucceeded by
Sir William Fermor
Lord IbrackanPeerage of England New creation Viscount Hatton
1683–1706Succeeded by
William HattonPreceded by
Christopher HattonBaron Hatton
1670–1706Categories:- 1632 births
- 1706 deaths
- Members of the pre-1707 Parliament of England
- Viscounts in the Peerage of England
- Peerage of England viscount stubs
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