Sir Thomas Hatton, 1st Baronet
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Sir Thomas Hatton, 1st Baronet (c1583 – 23 September 1658) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England
variously between 1621 and 1640.
Hatton was the son of John Hatton and his wife Jane Shute, daughter of Robert Shute, baron of the exchequer, and justice of the common pleas.
Hatton was elected Member of Parliament
for Corfe Castle
from 1621 to 1622 and for Malmesbury
from 1624 to 1625. In 1628 Hatton was elected MP for Stamford
until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In April 1640, he was re-elected for Stamford in the Short Parliament
He was created a baronet
of Long Stanton Cambridgeshire by King Charles I on 5 July 1641.
Hatton died at the age of 75.
Hatton married Mary Allington, daughter of Sir Giles Allington, of Horseheath, in Cambridgeshire. His sons Thomas and Christopher succeeded successively to the baronetcy. His daughter Mary Elizabeth married Sir WIlliam Boteler
of Kinton, Bedfordshire.
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
variously between 1621 and 1640.
Hatton was the son of John Hatton and his wife Jane Shute, daughter of Robert Shute, baron of the exchequer, and justice of the common pleas.
Hatton was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Corfe Castle
Corfe Castle (UK Parliament constituency)
Corfe Castle was a parliamentary borough in Dorset, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1572 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...
from 1621 to 1622 and for Malmesbury
Malmesbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Malmesbury was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1275 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.- MPs 1275–1508 :...
from 1624 to 1625. In 1628 Hatton was elected MP for Stamford
Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)
Stamford was a constituency in the county of Lincolnshire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of England to 1706 then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918...
until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In April 1640, he was re-elected for Stamford in the Short Parliament
Short Parliament
The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....
He was created a baronet
Hatton Baronets
The Hatton Baronetcy, of Long Stanton in the County of Cambridge, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 5 July 1641 for Thomas Hatton, Member of Parliament for Corfe Castle, Malmesbury and Stamford. The title became extinct on the death of the tenth Baronet in...
of Long Stanton Cambridgeshire by King Charles I on 5 July 1641.
Hatton died at the age of 75.
Hatton married Mary Allington, daughter of Sir Giles Allington, of Horseheath, in Cambridgeshire. His sons Thomas and Christopher succeeded successively to the baronetcy. His daughter Mary Elizabeth married Sir WIlliam Boteler
William Boteler
William Boteler was a Colonel of Horse in the New Model Army during the English Civil War. By the end of the war, Boteler had been appointed Major-General for Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland during the Rule of the Major-Generals....
of Kinton, Bedfordshire.