Sir Christopher Hatton KB was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1614. He was also an active patron of the arts, supporting composers such as Tobias Hume and Orlando Gibbons.
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Sir Christopher Hatton KG 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 as Lord Chancellor
Christopher Hatton as Lord Chancellor with his seal on the table by his side, by Nicholas Hilliard, 1588–1591
Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire. Relatively unchanged.