John Tufton, 4th Earl of Thanet
John Tufton, 4th Earl of Thanet( 7 August 1638 – 27 April 1680), styled The Honourable John Tufton until 1679, was an English politician and nobleman.
Tufton was the second son of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet, by Lady Margaret, daughter of Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset and Lady Anne Clifford.
Through his father he was a great- great- grandson of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley.
He was educated at Eton and Queen's College, Oxford.
He succeeded his elder brother Nicholas Tufton, 3rd Earl of Thanet in the earldom and entered the House of Lords in November 1679.
Lord Thanet died unmarried in April 1680, aged 41.
He was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother, Richard.
He was also the hereditary High Sheriff of Westmorland from 1679 to 1680.
Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland
Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland( c. 1456 – 6 February 1499) was an English peer.
He was the grandfather of Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland.
Nicholas Tufton, 3rd Earl of Thanet
Nicholas Tufton, 3rd
Earl of Thanet( 7 August 1631 – 24 November 1679), styled Lord Tufton until 1664, was an English nobleman.
Tufton was the eldest son of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet, and Lady Margaret, daughter of Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset and Lady Anne Clifford.
Through his father he was a great- great- grandson of Lord Burghley.
He was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1655 and again from 1656 to 1658, for allegedly conspiring to capture Charles II.
In 1664 he succeeded his father in the earldom.
He successfully claimed the barony of de Clifford through his maternal grandmother Lady Anne Clifford( which had been in abeyance since the death of his great- grandfather George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland).
This barony conferred the honour of hereditary High Sheriff of Westmorland Lord Thanet married Lady Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork, on 11 April 1664.
They had no children.
He died in November 1679, aged 48, and was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother, John.
The Countess of Thanet died in September 1725.
John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork
John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and 5th Earl of Orrery, FRS( 13 January 1707 – 16 November 1762) was a writer and a friend of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson.
The only son of Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Cecil( 1687 – 1708), daughter of John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter.
He was born at Westminster and attended Christ Church, Oxford.
He published a translation of the letters of Pliny the Younger in 1751, and" Remarks on the Life and Writings of Jonathan Swift" in the same year, and the" Memoirs of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth".
His" Letters from Italy" was published in 1774 by J. Duncombe.
Richard Tufton, 5th Earl of Thanet
Richard Tufton, 5th Earl of Thanet (30 May 1640 or 1641 – 8 March 1684), styled The Honourable Richard Tufton until 1680, was an English nobleman.
Tufton was the third son of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet and Lady Margaret, daughter of Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset and Lady Anne Clifford.
Through his father he was a great-great-grandson of Lord Burghley.
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 House of Lords.
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, Thomas.
Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet
Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet (30 June 1769 – January 1825) succeeded to his title in April 1786, following the death of his father Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet.
Two of his younger brothers were John Tufton and Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet, both well-known amateur cricketers.
Sackville Tufton was himself a keen cricketer who made five known appearances in first-class cricket matches between 1791 and 1794.
He was an early member of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and was associated with Kent cricket.
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 Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley.
On 21 April 1629, he married Lady Margaret Sackville (1614–1676), daughter of Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset and Lady Anne Clifford.
They had eleven children:
Thanet was a staunch Cavalier, and in 1642 led a regiment to try to raise a rebellion in Sussex in support of Sir William Brockman in Kent.
However, Brockman's revolt quickly collapsed and the Earl was forced to surrender.
He suffered considerably from confiscations and sequestrations of his large estates during the English Civil War.
Among his properties was Bodiam Castle, purchased from the Levett family in 1639, which Thanet sold for £6,000 in 1644.
Curiously, he was succeeded as Earl of Thanet by four of his sons in succession, the first three having no issue.
Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet
Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, 18th Baron de Clifford PC( 30 August 1644 – 30 July 1729) was an English nobleman and politician.
He was the fourth son of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet and his wife 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 Cumberland and Westmorland.
He served as hereditary High Sheriff of Westmorland from 1684 to 1729.
He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Troop of Horse.
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[ E., 1628] on 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[ E., 1299] on 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.
On 14 August 1684, he married Lady Catharine Cavendish( d. 1712), daughter of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle.
They had eight children, five of whom reached adulthood:
In 1703, he was sworn a Privy Counsellor.
A country gentleman and a Tory, he was noted by Swift for his" piety and charity."
On his death, his title passed to his nephew Sackville Tufton, 7th Earl of Thanet, son of his younger brother Sackville.
The barony of Clifford again fell into abeyance until 1734.
Charles Tufton, 10th Earl of Thanet
Charles Tufton, 10th Earl of Thanet( 10 September 1770 – 20 April 1832) was an English nobleman.
He became Earl of Thanet on 24 January 1825, on the death of his elder brother Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet.
He was hereditary High Sheriff of Westmorland from 1825 to 1832.
He died 20 April 1832, aged 61.
The title passed to his brother Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet
James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres
James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres( 14 November 1691 – 20 February 1768) was a Scottish peer, the son of Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres and Lady Margaret Campbell, daughter of the Earl of Loudoun.
He became the 5th Earl of Balcarres on 25 July 1736 on the death of his brother Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Balcarres.

Question: Who is Richard Tufton, 5Th Earl Of Thanet's paternal grandfather?
Answer: Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet