Villiers Francis Hatton Explained

Villiers Francis Hatton
Office:Member of Parliament
for
Term Start:16 July 1841
Term End:10 August 1847
Predecessor:James Power
John Maher
Successor:James Fagan
Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan
Birth Date:20 August 1787
Nationality:Irish
Party:Whig

Villiers Francis Hatton (20 August 1787 – 8 February 1859)[1] was an Irish Whig politician.[2] [3] Hatton was the son of George Hatton MP (died 1831) of Clonard, co. Wexford, and his wife Lady Isabella Seymour-Conway, daughter of the Marquess of Hertford.

He first served in the Royal Navy but retired as a captain in 1812 after being wounded. He was elected Whig MP for at the 1841 general election and held the seat until 1847 when he did not seek re-election.[4] [2] [3]

Later made a Vice Admiral, he was a member of the United Service Club.[2] He married Cecilia La Touche, daughter of David La Touche MP (1769-1816) and Lady Cecilia Leeson, daughter of Lord Milltown, and had by her a son and two daughters.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 18 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180722125159/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons3.htm. 22 July 2018 . usurped . 13 June 2017 .
  2. Web site: Villiers Hatton . Members of Parliament after 1832 . History of Parliament . 27 August 2019.
  3. Book: Smith. Henry Stooks. The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections. 1842. Simpkin, Marshall & Company. 243. Second. 14 October 2018 . .
  4. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127.