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Christopher Hatton Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Christopher Hatton, based on 16 World History Database records associated with England.

16 records1540–159114 events3 places

Chronological biography

1540

Birth of Christopher Hatton1540

Government / Government of England

Birth of Christopher Hatton

1571

Member of Parliament1571

Government / Government of England · Member of Parliament

Elected Member of Parliament

1572

Captain1572

Government / Government of England · Captain of Queens Bodyguard

Appointed Captain of the Queens Bodyguard

Sale-Corfe Castle1572

Government / Government of England · Corfe Castle

Elizabeth I sells Corfe Castle to Sir Christopher Hatton for 4,761 pounds

1578

Knighthood1578

Government / Government of England · Member of Parliament

Awarded a Knighthood

Privy Council1578

Government / Government of England

Appointed member of the Privy Council

Queens Spokesman1578

Government / Government of England · Member of Parliament

Apppointed the Queens Spokesman in the House of Commons

1581

Succession1581

Government / Government of England · Member of Parliament

Appointed to arrange a marriage between Elizabeth and Francois, Duke of Alencon

1586

Treason1586

Government / Government of England

Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots, one of the commissioners who found Mary, Queen of Scots guilty of treason

Trial1586

Government / Government of England

Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots, one of the commissioners who found Mary, Queen of Scots guilty of treason

Trial1586

Government / Government of England · Member of Parliament

Member of court which tried Anthony Babington

1587

Execution of Mary Queen of Scots1587

Government / Government of England · Fotheringhay

Advises William Davison to forward Mary Queen of Scots warrant for her execution to Fotheringhay

Lord Chancellor1587

Government / Government of England · Lord Chancellor

Appointed Lord Chancellor, the last Member of Parliament to hold this position (barring the strange case of Charles Yorke) until Jack Straw, some four hundred and twenty years later

Trial1587

Government / Government of England · Lord Chancellor · Fotheringhay

Advises William Davison to forward Mary Queen of Scots warrant for her execution to Fotheringhay

1591

Death of Christopher Hatton20 November 1591

Government / Government of England

Death of Christopher Hatton

Burial16 December 1591

Government / Government of England · St Pauls Cathedral

Buried in St Pauls Cathedral, a State Funeral taking place at the Old St Pauls Cathedral

Titles and roles

Captain of Queens Bodyguard · Lord Chancellor · Member of Parliament

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.