Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, 18th Baron de Clifford PC (30 August 1644 – 30 July 1729)[1] was an English nobleman and politician.[2]
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| Member of the English Parliament for Appleby | |
| In office 1668–1679 Serving with John Dalston | |
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| Born | 30 August 1644 |
| Died | 30 July 1729 (aged 84) |
| Political party | Tory |
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Early life
editHe was the fourth son of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet 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.[1] Through his maternal grandmother, he was heir to the Barony de Clifford and to vast estates in Cumberland and Westmorland.[1] He served as hereditary High Sheriff of Westmorland from 1684 to 1729.[1]
Career
editHe gained the rank of captain in the service of the Troop of Horse.[3] He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Appleby between 1668 and 1679.[3] He succeeded to the title of 6th Earl of the Isle of Thanet, co. Kent [E., 1628] on 27 April 1680.[3] He gained the rank of colonel in 1685 in the service of the Regiment of Horse (5th Horse).[3] He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Westmorland between 1685 and 1687.[3] He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland between 1685 and 1687.[3] He succeeded to the title of 18th Lord Clifford [E., 1299] on 12 December 1691, resolved by the House of Lords.[1] He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) from 1703 to 1707 and 1711 to 1714.[3] He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland between 1712 and 1714.[3]
In 1703, he was sworn a Privy Counsellor. A country gentleman and a Tory, he was noted by Swift for his "piety and charity".
Personal life
editOn 14 August 1684, he married Lady Catharine Cavendish (d. 1712), daughter of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle.[3] They had three sons, who all died in infancy, and five daughters:
- John Tufton, Lord Tufton (1686–1686)
- Thomas Tufton, Lord Tufton (1690–1690)
- John Tufton, Lord Tufton (1691–1691)
- Lady Catherine Tufton (1692–1734),[1] who married Edward Watson, Viscount Sondes, in 1709.[4]
- Lady Anne Tufton (d. 1757), who married James Cecil, 5th Earl of Salisbury 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, son of his younger brother Sackville. The barony of Clifford again fell into abeyance until 1734.[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g 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.
- ^ Record for Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet on thepeerage.com'
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 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
- ^ Barbara McGovern (1992). Anne Finch and Her Poetry: A Critical Biography. University of Georgia Press. pp. 111–. ISBN 978-0-8203-1410-5.
- ^ Debrett, John (1838). Debrett's complete peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. London: Macmillan. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-333-66093-5.