Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet
Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet( 1578 – 1631) was an English peer.
Nicholas Tufton was the son of Sir John Tufton, 1st Baronet and Christian Browne, the daughter of Sir Humphrey Browne, Justice of the Common Pleas, by Agnes Hussey, the daughter of John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford, by his second wife, Anne Grey.
Tufton represented Peterborough in 1601 and Kent from 1624 to 1625 as Member of Parliament.
He was knighted by James I on 13 April 1603, and was appointed a justice of the peace in Kent and then a deputy lieutenant in 1623.
He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1625, was created Baron Tufton, of Tufton, on 1 November 1626, and Earl of the Isle of Thanet on 5 August 1628.
He owned Bodiam Castle, having purchased it in 1623.
He was succeeded in the earldom by John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet, his son by his marriage to Lady Frances Cecil, daughter of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter.
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.
Sackville Tufton, 7th Earl of Thanet
Sackville Tufton, 7th
Earl of Thanet( 11 May 1688 – 4 December 1753) of Newbottle, Northamptonshire, known as Sackville Tufton until 1729, was a British 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 Honourable Sackville Tufton, fifth son of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet.
His mother was Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph Wilbraham of Newbottle.
He succeeded his father in 1721 and married Lady Mary Saville, daughter of William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax, on 11 June 1722.
Tufton was returned unopposed as Tory Member of Parliament for Appleby at the 1722 British general election.
In 1725 he made an agreement with the 3rd Viscount Lonsdale while they were both alive, that each would recommend one Member for Appleby and not attempt to change the balance of power in the borough.
Accordingly, he was returned unopposed again at the 1727 British general election.
His only recorded vote in the Commons was against the Government on the civil list arrears in 1729.
He vacated his seat in the Commons when he succeeded his uncle Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet in the earldom of Thanet and entered the House of Lords.
He was hereditary High Sheriff of Westmorland from 1729 to 1753.
Thanet's wife Mary died in July 1751.
He survived her by two years and died in December 1753, aged 65.
He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest surviving son, Sackville.
His daughter Mary married Sir William Duncan, 1st Baronet, a royal physician, and his other daughter Charlotte died unmarried.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.

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