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and Lady Margaret, daughter of

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and

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. Through his father, he was a great-great-grandson of

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. He sat as Member of Parliament for Appleby from 1679 to 1680, when he succeeded his elder brother John Tufton, 4th Earl of Thanet in the earldom and entered the

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. He also inherited the office of High Sheriff of Westmorland (1680–1684). Lord Thanet died unmarried in March 1684 and was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother,

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1640s births Year of birth uncertain 1684 deaths 17th-century English nobility Tufton, Richard High sheriffs of Westmorland People from Appleby-in-Westmorland Place of birth missing English MPs 1680–1681 Earls of Thanet Barons de Clifford {{1680-England-MP-stub