Hatton

( Sir Christopher ), “the dancing chancellor.” He first attracted the attention of Queen Elizabeth by his graceful dancing at a masque. He was made by her chancellor and knight of the Garter. ⁂ M. de Lauzun, the favorite of Louis XVI., owed his fortune also to the manner in which he danced in the king’s quadrille. You’ll know Sir Christopher by his turning out his toes,—famous, you know, for his dancing.—Sheridan, The Critic , ii. 1 (1779).