Sir Thomas Hatton, 2nd Baronet (1637- 1682) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1674 to 1679. Hatton was the son of

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 ...

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and his wife Mary Allington, daughter of Sir Giles Alington, of

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, Cambridgeshire, and his wife Lady Dorothy Cecil, daughter of

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. He succeeded to the

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on the death of his father on 23 September 1658. He was

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from 1662 to 1663.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 2'' 1900
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Career

His loyalty to the Crown does not seem to have been much trusted. He was one of the first to welcome back Charles II, and even before the Restoration made a special visit to the

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to assure the King of his support, but is said to have returned "empty-handed".

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notes the visit in the great Diary.''Diary of Samuel Pepys'' 27 April 1660 Little more is heard of Hatton until 1674, when he was elected Member of Parliament for

in the

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. He entered Parliament at a time of acute political conflict, when a formal Opposition was emerging, arguably for the first time. Hatton, with his dubious reputation for loyalty to the Crown, achieved little distinction as an MP: he was described as being "equally vile" in the eyes of the Court and the Opposition. Hatton died in 1682 and was buried at Long Stanton on 19 April 1682.

Family

Hatton married before 1660, Bridget Goring, daughter of

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of Burton and his wife Bridget Fraunceys, daughter of Sir Edward Fraunceys. They had two sons, Christopher and Thomas, each of whom briefly succeeded to the title. Both died young and the title reverted to their uncle, Sir Christopher Hatton, 5th Baronet. They also had four daughters: Mary, Elizabeth, Rebecca and Dorothy. *Mary, the eldest, married John Pocklington of

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, Baron of the

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. Their descendants, the Pocklington-Domvile family, settled in Ireland and were substantial landowners in

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. *Dorothy married Tyrrell Dalton junior (1669-1732) of Fulbourn,

. He was the son of the elder Tyrrell Dalton (1640-1682), whose

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can still be seen in St. Vigor's Church, Fulbourn. The

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inscription on the tablet mourns the premature death of "a learned and religious man, a gentle father, a benign husband, a just man and the best of friends".

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hatton, Thomas 1637 births 1682 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1661–1679 High sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire