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Sir Christopher Hatton KG (12 December 1540 – 20 November 1591) was an English politician, Lord Chancellor of England and a favourite of Elizabeth I of England. He was one of the judges who found Mary, Queen of Scots guilty of treason.
Sir Christopher Hatton (born 1540, Holdenby, Northamptonshire, Eng.—died 1591, London) was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I and lord chancellor of England from 1587 to 1591. After spending several years in halfhearted study of the law, Hatton enrolled as one of the queen’s bodyguards in 1564.
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- It is said he caught Elizabeth’s attention when dancing. In 1561/2, while in residence at the Inns of Court in London, Hatton was participating in a dance – one of the many revels that Inns held between October and February every year to which the queen was invited.
- Being a favourite earned Hatton positions of authority. In 1564, Elizabeth gave Hatton the position of Gentlemen Pensioner – an elite bodyguard to the monarch, and a royal warrant was issued commissioning a new suit of armour for Hatton’s use.
- He was also a man of talent. Although Hatton did not complete his education at the University of Oxford, he was a learned, intelligent man. He patronised writers and men training in the law, and counted playwrights such as Edmund Spenser among his friends.
- He received many gifts from Elizabeth. In 1568 Hatton was rewarded with Sulby Abbey in Northamptonshire and was given Holdenby House on a 40 year lease.
May 29, 2018 · Hatton, Sir Christopher (1540–91). Lord chancellor. Of Northamptonshire gentry stock, and not wholly studious at the Inner Temple, his good looks and graceful dancing brought him to Queen Elizabeth's attention.
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Nov 20, 2010 · On this day in history, 20th November 1591, Sir Christopher Hatton, Elizabeth I’s Lord Chancellor and favourite, died aged 51. Sir Christopher Hatton, the man Elizabeth I nicknamed her “mouton” (sheep), was born in 1540.
Christopher Hatton was a royalist politician and peer, descended from the lord chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton. He sat in Parliament before the Civil War, was disabled in 1642, and later served as comptroller of the household and governor of Guernsey.
Overview. Sir Christopher Hatton. (1540—1591) courtier and politician. Quick Reference. (1540–91), became the favourite of Queen Elizabeth I because of his graceful dancing (alluded to by Sheridan, The Critic, ii. ii). Hatton was lord chancellor, 1587–91, and chancellor of Oxford University, 1588.
