House & Family History: The Lauderdales were here for over a hundred years (probably longer than any other family), selling up in 1792, when the 8th Earl of Lauderdale sold the Hatton Estate (which included the House and 2,000 acres) for £84,000 to Henrietta Scott of Scotstarvet, who, in 1795, married William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland. Her trustees sold the Estate in 1797 to James Gibson of Ingleston, later Sir James Gibson-Craig, 1st Bt. Sir James broke up the Estate, selling it off in separate lots; the House and 500 acres were purchased by The Rev. Thomas Randall, who sold Hatton to the 18th Earl of Morton in 1870. Lord Morton's son, Lord Aberdour, sold the Estate to James McKelvie in 1898. In 1915 Hatton was sold to William Whitelaw, chairman of the London & North Eastern Railway. The interiors were noted for the fine Jacobean plaster ceiling in the Great Hall and the oak paneling from Letheringham Abbey in the Entrance Hall.

Comments: Hatton was considered one of the great Renaissance houses of Scotland.

Garden & Outbuildings: The terrace wall, the pavilions (now unroofed), the Garden House, the Bath House, and the South Gates (all Category A-listed) are all that remain today of the great house.

Country Life: XXX, 408 plan, 1911.

House Listed: Demolished

Park Listed: Listed as a Garden & Designed Landscape

Past Seat / Home of: Alan de Lawedre, 13th century. John de Haltoun, 14th century. Sir George de Lawedre of Haltoun, Knight, 15th century. Sir George Lauder, 16th century. Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale, 17th century; Lauderdale family here 1682-1792. Henrietta Scott of Scotstarvet, later Duchess of Portland, 1792-97. James Gibson of Ingleston, later Sir James Gibson-Craig, 1st Bt. of Riccarton, late 18th century. The Rev. Thomas Randall, 19th century. Sholto John Douglas, 18th Earl of Morton, late 19th century. James McKelvie, late 19th century. William Whitelaw, early 20th century.

Current Ownership Type: Demolished

Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished

House Open to Public: No

Historic Houses Member: No