Hatton married Louisa Johnson and had three children, Ellen Howard Hatton, Bessie Lyle Hatton and Frank Hatton. His brother Joshua Hatton was also a journalist.

Editor

• Bristol Mirror
• Gentleman's Magazine
• School Board Chronicle
• Illustrated Midland News
• The Sunday Times
• The People (1892)

Novels

• Bitter Sweets: a Love Story London 1865.
• 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 Hodder & Stoughton: London, 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, Guildford [printed], 1873.
• 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, Beccles, 1877.
• The Valley of Poppies London: Chapman and Hall, 1871.
• Three Recruits, and the girls they left behind them London : Hurst & Blackett, 1880.