Joseph Paul Christopher Hatton (3 February 1837 – 31 July 1907) was an English novelist and journalist. He was editor of many English publications including ''

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'' from 1874 to 1881 and then served as a correspondent for several American periodicals.

Life and work

Hatton was born and baptised in

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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.Andrew Sanders, "Hatton, Joseph Paul Christopher", ''The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford, OUP, 2004.) 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''. 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

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and J.L. Toole. He joined Irving to North America in 1883 and published tour notes. 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). Joseph Hatton died in St John's Wood, Middlesex at the age of 70 and was buried in Marylebone cemetery.

Works

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'' (1892) 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 *
Henry Irving's Impression of America
', Boston: James R Osgood, 1884 *
North Borneo: Explorations and Adventures on the Equator
' ith son, Frank Hatton London: Sampson Low, 1885

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