Editing Charles Hatchett (section)

==Later life==
After his father's death, Hatchett largely gave up his activities as a chemist. He inherited his father's coach-making business and pursued interests in collecting books (including a [[First Folio]]) manuscripts, paintings, and musical instruments. His loss was lamented by colleagues such as [[Thomas Thomson (chemist)|Thomas Thomson]] (1773–1852), who wrote that Hatchett "was an active chemist…but unfortunately this most amiable and accomplished man has been lost to science for more than a quarter of a century; the baneful effects of wealth, and cares of a lucrative and extensive business, having completely waned him from scientific pursuits".<ref name="Wisniak"/>

[[File:Mount Clare, Roehampton 04.JPG|thumb|[[Mount Clare, Roehampton|Mount Clare]], front view]]

Hatchett lived at [[Mount Clare, Roehampton]] from 1807 to 1819.<ref name=Villas>{{cite book|last=Gerhold|first=Dorian|title=Villas and Mansions of Roehampton and Putney Heath|year=1997|publisher=Wandsworth Historical Society|isbn=0-905121-05-8|pages=31–33}}</ref>
It has been described as "a little estate built in a fine Italian style" with nearby "a very well-equipped laboratory".<ref name="Griffith"/> The house was designed by Sir [[Robert Taylor (architect)|Robert Taylor]] for [[George Clive (died 1779)|George Clive]], with modifications by the Italian architect [[Placido Columbani]] in 1780. The gardens were laid out by [[Capability Brown]] in 1774.<ref name="Griffith"/>

In 1818 Hatchett either bought back<ref name="Griffith"/> or chose to no longer lease out the house that had been built by his father in 1771, Belle Vue, 92 Cheyne Walk, in [[Chelsea, London]].<ref name="Godfrey">{{cite book |last1=Godfrey |first1=Walter H. |title=Survey of London |volume= 4, Chelsea, Pt II|chapter=Belle Vue House, No. 92, Cheyne Walk |date=1913 |publisher=British History Online |location=London |pages=31–32 |chapter-url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol4/pt2/pp31-32 |access-date=16 December 2019}}</ref> A grade II [[listed building]], it has a large central portion with bay windows back and front, and two wings. It overlooks gardens and the [[River Thames]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BELLE VUE HOUSE 92 CHEYNE WALK LONDON SW10 |url=https://assets.savills.com/properties/GBKBHSSLH160054/SLH160054_SLH16000967.PDF |website=CHEYNE WALK LONDON SW10 |access-date=16 December 2019}}</ref> He lived there for the rest of his life. Elizabeth, his wife, predeceased him in 1837.<ref name="Griffith"/>

Hatchett himself died at Belle Vue House in 1847, and is buried at [[Church of St Laurence, Upton-cum-Chalvey|St Laurence's Church, Upton-cum-Chalvey, Slough]],<ref name="Urban">{{cite journal |editor-last1=Urban |editor-first1=Sylvanus |title=Charles Hatchett, Esq. FRS|journal=The Gentleman's Magazine |date=1847|volume=XXVIII (New Series)|number=August |publisher=J. Boyer Nichols and Son |location=London |pages=214–215 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TdtIAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA214}}</ref><ref name="DNB">{{cite book|editor-first1=Leslie |editor-last2=Stephen |editor-first2=Sidney|editor-last1=Lee|first=Gordon |last=Goodwin |chapter= Hatchett, Charles (1765-1847) |title= Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Smith, Elder & Co.|location=London|date=1891|volume=XXV|page=153|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=79XEJJzNaKYC&pg=PA153 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Hatchett |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120836770/charles-hatchett |website=Find-A-Grave |access-date=15 December 2019}}</ref>
the same church where his friend [[William Herschel]] is interred.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our History |url=http://www.saint-laurence.com/history.html |website=Saint Laurence Church, Upton-cum-Chalvey, Slough |access-date=6 June 2018}}</ref>