Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet (Lord Thanet) (1733–1786) was an English nobleman.
Life
He was the second son of
Sackville Tufton, 7th Earl of Thanet
Sackville Tufton, 7th Earl of Thanet (11 May 1688 – 4 December 1753) was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 until 1729 when he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Thanet.
Tufton was the son of Colonel the H ...
. Tufton received his early education at Westminster School.
He was hereditary
High Sheriff of Westmorland from 1753 to 1786.
Family
Tufton married
Mary Sackville, daughter of
Lord John Sackville
Lord John Philip Sackville (22 June 1713 – 3 December 1765) was the second son of Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset. He was a keen cricketer who was closely connected with the sport in Kent.
He was member of parliament (MP) for Tamworth ...
, in 1767. They had five sons and two daughters:
*Elizabeth (died 1768)
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Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet
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Charles Tufton, 10th Earl of Thanet
*Caroline (born 1771), who married
Joseph Foster Barham
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John Tufton, a noted cricketer
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Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet
Henry James Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet (2 January 1775 – 12 June 1849) was a peer in the peerage of England and a noted English cricketer of the 1790s.
Biography
Henry Tufton belonged to an aristocratic family that was prominent in cricketin ...
*Edward William (1777–1786), who died by drowning.
Arms
References
1733 births
1786 deaths
High sheriffs of Westmorland
Earls of Thanet
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