Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet

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Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet PC (30 August 1644 – 30 July 1729) was an English nobleman and politician, the fourth son of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet and his wife Lady Margaret Sackville. Through his maternal grandmother, he was heir to the Barony de Clifford and to vast estates in Cumberland and Westmorland.

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:

• John Tufton, Lord Tufton (b. & d. 29 April 1686)
• Thomas Tufton, Lord Tufton (b. & d. 19 November 1690)
• John Tufton, Lord Tufton (b. & d. 23 September 1691
• Lady Catherine Tufton (24 April 1693 – 13 February 1734), married on 21 March 1709 Edward Watson, Viscount Sondes
• Lady Anne Tufton (d. 22 March 1757), married on 12 February 1709 James Cecil, 5th Earl of Salisbury
• Lady Margaret Tufton (16 June 1700 – 28 February 1775), married on 3 July 1718 Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester
• Lady Mary Tufton (d. 12 February 1785), married first Anthony Grey, Earl of Harold (d. 1723), second on 16 May 1736 John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower
• Lady Isabella Tufton, married first Lord Nassau Powlett (d. 1741), second Sir Francis Blake-Delaval

In 1703, he was sworn a Privy Counsellor. A country gentleman and a Tory, he was noted by Swift for his "piety and charity".

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• Tufton genealogy
• A Poem for the Birth-Day of the Right Honorable The Lady Catharine Tufton

Parliament of England
Preceded by: John Lowther John Dalston	Member of Parliament for Appleby with John Dalston 1668–1679	Succeeded by: Richard Tufton Anthony Lowther
Honorary Titles
Preceded by: The Earl of Thanet	High Sheriff of Westmorland 1684–1729	Succeeded by: The Earl of Thanet
Preceded by: The Earl of Carlisle	Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland and Westmorland 1685–1687	Succeeded by: The Viscount Preston
	Custos Rotulorum of Cumberland 1685–1689	Succeeded by: Sir John Lowther, Bt
Preceded by: The Lord Wharton	Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland 1702–1706	Succeeded by: The Earl of Wharton
Preceded by: The Earl of Wharton	Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland 1714	Succeeded by: The Earl of Wharton
Preceded by: The Earl of Carlisle	Custos Rotulorum of Cumberland 1714–1715	Succeeded by: The Earl of Carlisle
Peerage of England
Preceded by: Richard Tufton	Earl of Thanet 1684–1729	Succeeded by: Sackville Tufton
	Baron de Clifford 1684–1729	Succeeded by: Abeyant