Ernest Hatch

Sir Ernest Frederic George Hatch, 1st Baronet, KBE (12 April 1859 – 17 August 1927) was a British politician.

Early life He was the son of John William Hatch of London and Matilda Augusta Snell of Callington, Cornwall. Following a private education, he went into business as a wine merchant, and in 1894 established Hatch, Mansfield and Company, working with James Mansfield, who became managing director.

Political career Hatch was an unsuccessful Conservative parliamentary candidate for the Gorton Division of Lancashire at a by-election in 1889 and at the succeeding general election in 1892. At the next general election in 1906 he had little support from Liberal activists for his candidature, and accordingly withdrew. He was appointed chairman and treasurer of University College Hospital, London

Personal life Ernest Hatch married Lady Constance Blanche Godolphin Osborne in 1900 (daughter of George Osborne, 9th Duke of Leeds). They had one daughter, and the baronetcy became extinct on Sir Ernest's death in 1927.

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