Who's Who in the Far East/HATTON, Major General Villiers
HATTON, Major General Villiers (HONGKONG), C.B.; Officer Commanding H. M. Forces in South China and Hongkong; b. 1852, e. s. of late Lieut.-Colonel V. de T. Hatton, formerly Grenadier Guards; m. 1897, Emily, only child of Charles Burrall Hoffman, of New York. Educ.: Eton. Commandant, School of Instruction, London 1889-90; employed as Brigadier-General, 1896; Aldershot, 1897; Gibraltar, 1900; Salisbury, 1902; Aldershot; commanded 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, Omdurman, 1898, mentioned in Despatches, C.B.; promoted Major-General, Nov. 5, 1903. Decorations: C.B. and Nile War Medals. Clubs: Guards, United Service; St. James; Windham; Hongkong. Address: Headquarter House, and 34 Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London.