Family and Education
b. 7 Aug. 1638, 2nd s. John Tufton, 2nd earl of Thanet and Margaret, da. and coh. of Richard Sackville†, 3rd earl of Dorset; bro. Nicholas Tufton, 3rd earl of Richard Tufton, 5th earl of Thomas Tufton, 6th earl of Thanet and Sackville Tufton‡. educ. Eton 1653-4; Diaries of Lady Anne Clifford ed. D.J.H. Clifford, 114, 116; Eton Coll. Reg., 338. Queen’s, Oxf. 1654-6 (without matric.); Lady Clifford Diary, 114,116, 122, 126. travelled abroad (Low Countries: tutor, George Sedgewick) 1656-7, (France) 1660-3. Lady Clifford Diary, 126, 133-4, 137, 139, 149; CSP Dom. 1655-6, p. 582; 1658-9, p. 578. unm. d. 27 Apr. 1680; will 22 Oct. 1679, admon. 17 June 1680. TNA, PROB 11/363; PROB 11/364.
Offices Held
Dep. sheriff, Westmld. 1676 – 79; sheriff (hered.) Westmld. 1679–d.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Hothfield House, Kent; Thanet House, Aldersgate St., London; Appleby; Brougham Castles, Westmld. and Skipton Castle, Yorks.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image