Correspondence of the Family of Hatton, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Correspondence of the Family of Hatton, Vol. 1 It is to this Viscount Hatton that the bulk of the Hatton papers belonged, and the greater number of the letters here printed were addressed to him.' He was born in 1632, and in 1667 married his first wife, Cecilia, daughter of John Tufton, second Earl of Thanet. By her he had three daughters, two of whom died in infancy the third, Anne, married Daniel Finch, second Earl -of Nottingham. Lady Hatton was killed in the explosion of the powder magazine at Cornet Castle, in Guernsey, which was struck by lightning on the night of 29-30 December, 1672. Lord Hatton himself had a remarkable escape, having been blown in his bed on to the battle ments Without suffering injury. His mother also perished, together with some of the servants, while two of his children who were in the castle were uninjured. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.