Family and Education
b. 30 May 1641, 3rd s. of John, 2nd Earl of Thanet by Lady Margaret Sackville, da. and coh. of Richard, 3rd Earl of Dorset; bro. of Hon. Sackville Tufton and Hon. Thomas Tufton. educ. travelled abroad (France, Low Countries) 1660-3. unm. suc. bro. as 5th Earl of Thanet 27 Apr. 1680.
Offices Held
Capt. of R. Ft. Gds. (later Grenadier Gds.) 1673 – 80; gov. of Tilbury 1681–4.
Commr. for sewers, Rother marshes Oct. 1660, assessment, Kent. 1665 – 80, Suss. 1673 – 80; sheriff, Westmld. 1680 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Hothfield, Kent.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
TUFTON, Hon. Richard (1641-84)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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