Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, PC (30 August 1644 – 30 July 1729)G. E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, pp. 297–298. was an English politician.Record for ''Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet'' on ''thepeerage.com'
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Early life

He was the fourth son of

John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet (15 December 1608 – 7 May 1664) was an English nobleman and supporter of Charles I of England. He was the eldest son of Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet, and Lady Frances Cecil, granddaughter of William Ceci ...

and his wife Lady Margaret Sackville, Baroness Clifford and inherited the title on the death in 1684 of his elder brother Richard Tufton, 5th Earl of Thanet. Through his maternal grandmother, he was heir to the Barony de Clifford and to vast estates in

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and

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. He served as hereditary High Sheriff of Westmorland from 1684 to 1729.

Career

He gained the rank of captain in the service of the Troop of Horse.Charles Mosley, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1064-1065 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Appleby between 1668 and 1679. He succeeded to the title of 6th Earl of the Isle of Thanet, co. Kent ., 1628on 27 April 1680. He gained the rank of colonel in 1685 in the service of the Regiment of Horse (5th Horse). He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Westmorland between 1685 and 1687. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland between 1685 and 1687. He succeeded to the title of 18th Lord Clifford ., 1299on 12 December 1691, resolved by the House of Lords. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) from 1703 to 1707 and 1711 to 1714. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland between 1712 and 1714. In 1703, he was sworn a

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. A country gentleman and a

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, he was noted by

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for his "piety and charity".

Personal life

On 14 August 1684, he married Lady Catharine Cavendish (d. 1712), daughter of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle. They had three sons, who all died in infancy, and five daughters: * John Tufton, Lord Tufton (1686–1686), who died young. * Thomas Tufton, Lord Tufton (1690–1690), who died young. * John Tufton, Lord Tufton (1691–1691), who died young. * Lady Catherine Tufton (1692–1734), who married Edward Watson, Viscount Sondes, in 1709. * Lady Anne Tufton (d. 1757), who married

James Cecil, 5th Earl of Salisbury James Cecil, 5th Earl of Salisbury (8 June 1691 – 9 October 1728), known as Viscount Cranborne from 1691 to 1694, was a British nobleman, politician, and Peerage, peer. Salisbury was the son of James Cecil, 4th Earl of Salisbury, and Frances B ...

in 1709. * Lady Margaret Tufton (1700–1775), who married Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, in 1718. * Lady Isabella Tufton (1700–1764), who married Lord Nassau Powlett in 1731. After his death in 1741, she married Sir Francis Blake Delaval. * Lady Mary Tufton (1701–1785), who married Anthony Grey, Earl of Harold. After his death in 1723, she married John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower, in 1736. On his death, his title passed to his nephew

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 ...

, son of his younger brother Sackville. The barony of Clifford again fell into abeyance until 1734.

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References

External links

Tufton genealogy
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