Sir Robert Hatton (died 10 January 1653) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1642. He supported the

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cause in the

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. Hatton was the second son of John Hatton of Longstanton, Cambridgeshire and his wife Joan Shute, daughter of

Robert Shute Robert Shute (died April 1590) was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1571 to 1581. Shute was born at Gargrave, West Riding of Yorkshire, and was the son of Christopher Shute, of Oakington, Cambridgeshire. He w ...

baron of the Exchequer The Barons of the Exchequer, or ''barones scaccarii'', were the judges of the English court known as the Exchequer of Pleas. The Barons consisted of a Chief Baron of the Exchequer and several puisne (''inferior'') barons. When Robert Shute was a ...

).The Orlebar Chronicles in Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire, 1553-1733, or the Children of the Manorhouse and their Posterity; by Frederica St. John Orlebar. Pub. Mitchell Hughes and Clarke, London, 1930.
Back Matter, page 316 – Orlebar Pedigree: ''... Jane, daughter of Robert Shute of Hockington, co. Cambridge (ancestor of Barrington Viscounts (Ireland, circa 1720); Baron of the Exchequer 1579).'' 'Oakington: Manors', A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 9: Chesterton, Northstowe, and Papworth Hundreds (1989), pp. 195-199. Date accessed: 14 March 2012
/ref> He was admitted at

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as of Clynton, Cambridgeshire on 2 February 1602.

Sir Thomas Hatton, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Hatton, 1st Baronet (c.1583 – 23 September 1658) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1621 and 1640. Hatton was the son of John Hatton of Longstanton, Cambridgeshire and his wife J ...

was his brother. He inherited the estates of Oakington, Cambridgeshire from his mother and probably lived there from about 1610. He was knighted at Whitehall on 12 March 1617. He also possessed the property of Oswalds in Bishopsbourne.The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 67, Part 2
/ref> He served for many years as steward to the

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. In 1621, Hatton was elected

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for

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, but his election was declared void as the mayor had effectively disenfranchised part of the electorate. He was elected as MP for Sandwich in 1624 and 1625. In 1641 Hatton was elected MP for

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in a by-election for the

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. He opposed the

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and attainder of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, the strongest of the King's ministers, for which act he was censured by the Commons. On the outbreak of the Civil War, he supported the King and was disabled from sitting in parliament on 7 September 1642 for executing a

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. He was appointed a Chamberlain of the Exchequer in 1644 but fled overseas after 1646 to escape his creditors. His estate at Oakington was under sequestration for ten years, and apparently not compounded for. On 1 July 1651 parliament directed for his estates to be sold. 'House of Commons Journal Volume 6: 1 July 1651', Journal of the House of Commons: volume 6: 1648-1651 (1802), pp. 594-595. Date accessed: 14 March 2012
/ref> Hatton died in 1653. He married Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Leigh of Chingford, Essex and had six children, four of whom died young. His only surviving son Robert died without issue in 1658. Hatton's only daughter Elizabeth married

Sir Anthony Aucher, 1st Baronet Sir Anthony Aucher, 1st Baronet (1614 – 31 May 1692) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. He supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War. Aucher was the son of Sir Anthony Aucher (c. 1586–1637) and ...

who recovered Hatton's estates.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hatton, Robert Year of birth missing 1653 deaths English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1614 English MPs 1625 English MPs 1640–1648 Oxford Parliaments Cavaliers