John Hatfield

(1758 c.-1803)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hatfield, John, 1758?-1803 DNB: Hatfield, John (c.1758–1803), impostor and forger LBT ID: JoHatfi1803 VIAF ID: 75277330 LOC ID: n85056627	B/BAP: 1758 DIED: 1803-09-03
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
English impostor, forger, and serial bigamist who achieved national attention after posing as the brother of the earl of Hopetoun. He was hanged at Carlisle.
REFERENCES TO John Hatfield: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter IV Found 1: ¶ 13 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1803 Found 1: ¶ 3