Christopher hatton biography

Primary Sources

(1) Elizabeth Jenkins, Elizabeth the Great (1958)

Christopher Hatton gave signs of an undoubted passion for her.

Like Burleigh, he was of Northamptonshire origin, and had entered the legal profession. He was seven years younger than the Queen, tall, large-framed, solid but graceful; he had caught Elizabeth's eye while dancing in a masque at Gray's Inn in 1564.

Christopher hatton biography

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He was made one of the Gentlemen Pensioners, the fifty picked men who were chosen, among other attributes, for height and appearance, and formed the Queen's ceremonial bodyguard. The fact that his looks had first brought him into the Queen's liking gave him a reputation for incompetence that was undeserved.

Sir John Neale has shown that Hatton, like every other man Elizabeth employed, was of sound capacity. He may have been no cleverer than Leicester, but his faculties were developed by a steady professional career, while Leicester was merely a man of good general i