Birth of Christopher Hatton
Birth of Christopher Hatton
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Christopher Hatton Biography and Timeline
Follow Christopher Hatton through 16 dated historical records for England.
Christopher Hatton, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
16Distinct records
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1540–1591Years on this page
1540
1571
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament
1572
Sale-Corfe Castle
Elizabeth I sells Corfe Castle to Sir Christopher Hatton for 4,761 pounds
Captain
Appointed Captain of the Queens Bodyguard
1578
Privy Council
Appointed member of the Privy Council
Knighthood
Awarded a Knighthood
Queens Spokesman
Apppointed the Queens Spokesman in the House of Commons
1581
Succession
Appointed to arrange a marriage between Elizabeth and Francois, Duke of Alencon
1586
Treason
Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots, one of the commissioners who found Mary, Queen of Scots guilty of treason
Trial
Commissioner at the trial of Mary Queen of Scots, one of the commissioners who found Mary, Queen of Scots guilty of treason
Trial
Member of court which tried Anthony Babington
1587
Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
Advises William Davison to forward Mary Queen of Scots warrant for her execution to Fotheringhay
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
Trial
Advises William Davison to forward Mary Queen of Scots warrant for her execution to Fotheringhay
1591
Death of Christopher Hatton
Death of Christopher Hatton
Burial
Buried in St Pauls Cathedral, a State Funeral taking place at the Old St Pauls Cathedral
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.