Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Thanet
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Thanet PC
Member of the English Parliament; for Appleby
	In office; 1668–1679 Serving with John Dalston
Preceded by	John Lowther; John Dalston;
Succeeded by	Richard Tufton; Anthony Lowther;
Personal details
Born	30 August 1644
Died	30 July 1729 (aged 84)
Political party	Tory
Spouse	Lady Catharine Cavendish; (m. 1684; died 1712)
Children	Anne Cecil, Countess of Salisbury; Margaret Coke, Countess of Leicester;
Parents	John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet (father); Lady Margaret Sackville (mother);

Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, PC (30 August 1644 – 30 July 1729)^[1] was an English politician.^[2]

^ 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'

The Right Honourable The Earl of Thanet PC


Member of the English Parliament for Appleby
In office 1668–1679 Serving with John Dalston
Preceded by	John Lowther John Dalston
Succeeded by	Richard Tufton Anthony Lowther

Personal details
Born	(1644-08-30)30 August 1644
Died	30 July 1729(1729-07-30) (aged 84)
Political party	Tory
Spouse	Lady Catharine Cavendish (m. 1684; died 1712)
Children	Anne Cecil, Countess of Salisbury Margaret Coke, Countess of Leicester
Parents	John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet (father) Lady Margaret Sackville (mother)