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Tufton, of Hothfield, co. Kent (E Baronet, 1611 - 1849)

Creation: let.pat. 29 Jun 1611

Extinct: 12 Jun 1849

Family name: Tufton

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Arms:

 Sable an Eagle displayed Ermine within a Bordure Argent

Crest:

 A Sea Lion sejant proper

Motto:

 Ales Volat Propriis

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Sir John Tufton, 1st Bt.

1st son and heir of John Tufton, of Hothfield, co. Kent, and Northiam, co. Sussex, by his wife Mary Baker, 1st dau. of Sir John Baker, of Sissinghurst Castle, co. Kent, Attorney General and Chancellor of the Exchequer

born

mar. (1)

Olympia Blore (dspm.), dau. and sole hrss. of Christopher Blore, of Blore's Place and Sileham, in Rainham and of Pope's in Hartlip, co. Kent

children by first wife

1. Anne Tufton, mar. 1593 Sir Francis Tresham, of Rushton, co. Northampton, one of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot (b. c. 1567; d. 23 Dec 1605), 1st son and heir of Sir Thomas Tresham, of Rushton, co. Northampton, by his wife Muriel Throckmorton, 3rd dau. of Sir Robert Throckmorton, of Coughton Court, co. Warwick, and had issue

2. Elizabeth Tufton (d. unm.)

3. Mary Tufton, mar. Sir Thomas Caryll, of Benton and Shipley, co. Sussex, and had issue

mar. (2)

10 Dec 1575 Christian Browne, dau. and cohrss. of Sir Humphrey Browne, of Ridley Hall, in Terling, co. Essex, one of the Justices of the Common Pleas 1542-62, by his wife Hon Anne Hussey, 3rd dau. of John [Hussey], 1st Baron Hussey, by his second wife Lady Anne Grey, only dau. of George [Grey], 2nd Earl of Kent, by his second wife Lady Catherine Herbert, 3rd dau. of William [Herbert], 1st Earl of Pembroke

children by second wife

1. Sir Nicholas Tufton, 2nd Bt., later 1st Baron Tufton later 1st Earl of Thanet

2. Sir Humfrey Tufton, 1st Bt., of the Mote, nr. Maidstone, and Bobbing Court, co. Kent

3. Richard Tufton (bur. 6 Oct 1631 in Westminster Abbey), mar. Chrysogona Morley, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Herbert Morley MP, of Glynde, co. Sussex, by his wife Hon Ann Lennard, 1st dau. of Sampson Lennard MP, of Knole, Chevening, co. Kent, Sheriff of Kent 1590-91, by his wife Hon Margaret Fiennes, suo jure Baroness Dacre

4. Sir William Tufton, 1st Bt., of Vintners, co. Kent

4. Mary Tufton (d. betw. 8 Apr and 14 Jun 1659; bur. at Halsham, co. York), mar. c. 1612 Henry [Constable], 1st Viscount of Dunbar, and had issue

5. Cicely Tufton (bur. 11 Sep 1653), mar. (1) Sir Edward Hungerford, and (2) 26 Oct 1608 as his second wife Francis [Manners], 6th Earl of Rutland, and had issue

died

2 Apr 1624 (bur. at Hothfield, co. Kent)

created

29 Jun 1611 a Baronet of England, styled "of Hothfield, co. Kent"

suc. by

son by second wife

note

Sheriff of Kent 1575-76; knighted 1603

Sir Nicholas Tufton, 2nd Bt., later 1st Baron Tufton later 1st Earl of Thanet

created

1 Nov 1626 Baron Tufton, of Tufton in the County of Sussex

5 Aug 1628 Earl of Thanet

The Tufton baronetcy was held by the Barons Tufton (Earls of Thanet from 5 Aug 1628) from 1 Nov 1626 until 12 Jun 1849, when on the death of Henry [Tufton], 11th Earl of Thanet, his peerage titles and the baronetcy became extinct.

First written 31 Jan 2012

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