Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton ( 1605 - 1670 )

Birth: England, Europe (28 June 1605) Baptism: Barking, Essex, England, Europe (11 July 1605) Death: Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire, England, Europe (04 July 1670) Burial: Westminster Abbey, London, England, Europe (August 1670) Education: Gray's Inn (admitted 1620); Jesus College, Cambridge (MA 1622); DCL (Oxford 1642) Career: MP for Peterborough (1625); MP for Clitheroe (1626); Northampton's Commission for Knighthood fines (1631); High Steward of Higham Ferrers (1636); MP for Higham Ferrers (1640-1642); Commissioner of array (1642); Comptroller of the King's Household (1643-1646); Privy Councillor (1643); Royal Commissioner at Uxbridge (1645); Exiled in France (1648-1656); Attempted to develop his London property at Hatton Garden (1656); Privy Councillor (1662); Governor of Guernsey (1662-1670) Honours: KB 1626; Baron 1643 Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Committee appointments include: Mechanical Committee (c. 1664).