HATTON

Frank ( 2 son of Joseph Hatton, journalist and author ). b. Horfield near Bristol 31 Aug. 1861; ed. at Marcq coll. near Lille 1874–6 and at King’s coll. sch. 1876; mineral explorer and metallurgical chemist to British North Borneo co. 1881, employed in Borneo 1881 to death; contributed articles to various periodicals; when returning from pursuing an elephant was killed by accidental explosion of his own rifle on Segamah river 1 March 1883. North Borneo, exploration and adventures on the Equator by F. Hatton, with Biographical sketch by J. Hatton (1886), portrait ; Graphic, xxvii , 469 (1883), portrait .