Men of the Time, eleventh edition/Hatton, Joshua
HATTON, Joshua, (better known under the pseudonym of "Guy Roslyn"), was born at Chesterfield June 8, 1850, and is the youngest son of the late Mr. F. A. Hatton. On account of the death of his father he finished his schooling at the age of about twelve, with a very imperfect idea of reading and writing. After working for four years in the Lincolnshire Chronicle office as a compositor, he became a reporter, and served on several daily and weekly provincial newspapers. His first book, "Daphnis the Unfaithful" (1870), was well received. Having written a novel for Once a Week, he contributed a poem to Dark Blue, and then for some years became a constant contributor to various magasines. His lyrics have been widely quoted. At the age of twenty-three he became the editor of the Western Daily Mercury. When he had occupied this position for little more than a year, he was appointed leader writer on the Sheffield Independent. In 1879 he became editor of Colbum's New Monthly. In 1880 his poems were published complete in one volume.