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English novelist and journalist, 1837?1907
Joseph Hatton
Joseph Paul Christopher Hatton
(3 February 1837 ? 31 July 1907) was an English novelist and journalist.
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He was editor of many English publications including
The Sunday Times
from 1874 to 1881 and then served as a correspondent for several American periodicals.
Life and work
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Hatton was born and baptised in
Andover, Hampshire
on 22 March 1837, but his parents, Francis Augustus and Mary Ann Hatton, moved to
Chesterfield
when he was young. Francis Hatton founded the
Derbyshire Times
in 1854. Hatton studied at Bowker's school and then studied law, becoming a clerk in the office of William Waller. He married Louisa Howard Johnson (d. 1900) in 1856 and they would have three children including the artist
Helen Howard Hatton
, writer
Bessie Lyle Hatton
, and explorer
Frank Hatton
.
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From 1861 he began to write starting with Provincial Papers and two years later he became an editor for the
Bristol Mirror
. His brother
Joshua Hatton
was also a journalist. He then went on to edit
Gentleman's Magazine, Illustrated Midland News
and other publications produced by Messrs. Grant & Co. He retired from the company in 1874 and worked as a London correspondent for the
New York Times
, the
Sydney Morning Herald
, and the
Kreuz-Zeitung
. He also edited the
Sunday Times
.
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Hatton travelled to America in 1881 and began to write about the country and during the tour he covered the assassination of
James A. Garfield
in the
Standard
, scooping other English newspapers. He was a member of the Garrick Club and was a friend of
Henry Irving
and J.L. Toole. He joined Irving to North America in 1883 and published tour notes.
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After the death of his son Frank Hatton in Borneo, he wrote a biographical sketch and published his travel memoirs in 1886. He also published several novels including
Clytie
(1874),
By Order of the Czar
(1890), and
When Rogues Fall Out
(1899).
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Joseph Hatton died in
St John's Wood, Middlesex
at the age of 70 and was buried in Marylebone cemetery.
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Works
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Editor
Novels (incomplete)
In title order:
- Bitter Sweets: a Love Story
, London, 1865
- By Order of the Czar. A Novel
, New York: John W. Lovell, 1890
- By Order of the Czar. A drama in five acts
, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1904
- Captured by Cannibals. Some incidents in the life of Horace Duran
, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1888
- Christopher Henrick: his Life and Adventures
London, 1869
- Cigarette Papers for after dinner smoking
Anthony Treherne & Co.: London, 1902
- Clytie: a Novel of Modern Life
London, Guildford, 1874
- Cruel London
London, 1878
- The Dagger and the Cross
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1897
- The Gay World
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1877
- In Male Attire: a Romance of the Day
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1900
- In the Lap of Fortune. A story stranger than fiction.
London, 1873
- John Needham's Double
, London: John & Robert Maxwell, 1885 (also a play, 1891)
- Kites and Pigeons
London, 1872
- The Park Lane Mystery: a Story of Love and Magic
London, 1887
- The Princess Mazaroff. A romance
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1891
- The Queen of Bohemia
London, 1877
- The Tallants of Barton: A Tale of Fortune and Finance
, London: Tinsley Brothers, 1867
- The Valley of Poppies
London: Chapman and Hall, 1871
- Three Recruits, and the girls they left behind them
London : Hurst & Blackett, 1880
- The Old House at Sandwich
, 1892
- The White King of Manoa
, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1899
- Contribution to
The Fate of Fenella
, 1892
Non-fiction
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Preceded by
Edmund Scale
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Editor of the
Sunday Times
1874–1881
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Succeeded by
Neville Bruce
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Editor of
The People
1900–1907
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