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 388 THANET. by his first wife, Dorothy, cla. and coheir of John (Nf.vjlt.'), Lnrtn T,.TlMF.n. lie d. 1 Julv 1631 at Sapcote, and was bur. at Kainli.im, eo. Kent, aged 54. Will dat. 30 Aug. 1630, pr. 7 Nov. 1631. His widow d. about 1863,<*) Will pr. 1653. II. 1G31. 2. John- (Tufton), Eari, of TnANF/r, &,-., 2,1 hut 1st snrv. s. and h. b. about 1607 : Enijfkkd, 5 Dec. 1027, at Whitehall ; ttjjled Lobs Tottos from 1838 till be sur. to the peeraye, as above, 1 July 1032. He, in 1648, was of uncertain polities : served as Sheriff for co. (Cent. 1853, hut was "a compounder" as a delinquent, ill 18,14, for A'9.000. He hi. 21 A) til 1629, Margaret, 1st da. and Wiheir of Richard (SaCKVILLB), 3rd linn, of DORSET, by Anne (tie jure), sun jure lUnoNF.Ss CLIFFORD |_1299], da. and h. of George (CUFFORU), 31 Eaiii, OF Ci .MiiEiii.ANP. He d. 6 .May 1664, aged about 57, Will pr. 1661. Kis widow, who was b. at St. Bride's, London, about 1614, W. II Aug. 1676, aijed 62. Will dat. 19 June and pr. 21 Aug. 1676, directing her burial to be at Appleby, or at Withyam. III. 16GL J. NicnoLAS (Tufton), Earl of Tiiakf.t, &&, 1st *. and h., b. 7 Aug. 1631 ; Hi/ltd Lord Ti'Fton. 1632-64 ; resided in France during the perioil of the civil war : was imprison,-,! in the Tower of Loudon 16 Dec. 1655 to 20 Sep. 1658, and again 11 Sep. 1657 to 25 June 1658, on suspicion of being in a plot against Cromwell ; sue. to the peer<t f /r. as above, 6 May 1884. liytlie death s.p. of his cousin I.adv Alatbea Hungcrford 11 Oct. 167S lie became, in right of his maternal grandmother. LORD CLIFFORD [1299], He »i. 11 April 1884 Elizabeth, 2d da. of Richard (Bovi.k), 1st EAIir. of BORLItfOTON f B,] and 2d K.uit, OF COBK [L], by Elizabeth, de jure. BaROMESS CUFFonn [1628], da. and h. of Henry (Clifford), 5th Earl of Cdjibrrland He </. s p. 24 Nov. 1678, aged is. Will pr. 1679. His widow d. at her house in St. James' street 1 Sep. 1725. Will pr. 1726. IV. 1G79. 4. John (Tcfton), Earl of Thaset, Lord Clifford^) &c, next br. and h., h. 7 Aug. 1638 ; was K.P, for Steyning 1679 ; sue. to the peeraf/e, as above. 21 Nov. 1679. He d. num. at Slapton Castle 27 April and was carried thence, 12 .May 16.S0, to be bur. at iiainham afsd., aged 11. Will pr. 16S0. V. 1G80. 5. RicriARD (Tufton), Earl of Titan ft, Lord Clifford/") &e, next br. and h.. 6, 30 .May 1610; was M P. for Appleby, 1679-S0 ; sue. to the peerage, as above, 27 April 1680 ; Capt. of Tilbury Fort, West Tilbury and Gravesend, being a Capt. of Eoot 1681. He d. warn. 8 March 1683/4, aged 48, Will pr. 16S4. VI. 1G84. 0. Thomas (Tufton), Eari. of Thanet, Lord CLiFFonn, or de Clifford/ 1 ') &c, next br. and h., b. 30 Aug. 1614 ; was M.P. for Appleby, 1668-79 ; sue. to the peeraye, as above, S March 1688/4; Recorder of Canterbury 1084 ; L. Lieut, of Westmorland and of Cumberland 1685/87 ,( d ) (>1. of a lieg. of Horse, 1688. He was declared bv the House of Lords, 12 Dec. 1091, (<") Lord de Clitfnrd [1 299], and that the said 'title " doth belong to him and his heirs '' ; was a Commissi-, of Greenwich Hospital, 1695 ; P.O. 1703-07 and 1711-14. He m. 14 Aug. 1084, Catharine, 4th da. and coheir of Henry (Cavendish), 2d Dukf. of Newcastle, bv Frances, da. of the Hon. William Pierre- PONT. She, who was b. 14 Jan. 1065, <{. 20 April 1712 and was bur. at ltninham. (a) A charming picture, by Vandyke, of * Lady Tufton " [Qi/. this Lady], belonging to the Marquess of Lothian, was exhibited, ill 1894, at the Grafton Gallery. (>>) William, the 1st s. rf. v.p in childhood. ( c ) According to the decision as to this Barony on 12 Dec. 1691. Until that decision, however, none of the Earls of Thanet appear to have ionic this title. Ha was one of the L.-Lieuts, who were dismissed by James II. See a list of them in vol. i, p. 28, note " a," sub " Abingdon." (°) Luttrell (" diary '') under 14 May 1092, writes : " Last night a rencounter in Lincoln's Inn Fields, betwixt the Earl of Clare and Thanet, who married the two daughters of the Duke of Newcastle ; the first was run thro* the hand, th' other thro' the arm ; the diflerence was about the late Duke's will."