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English peer (1578–1631)

Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet
Born1578
Died1631
Noble familyTufton
Spouse(s)Frances Cecil
IssueJohn Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet
FatherSir John Tufton, 1st Baronet
MotherChristian Browne

Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet (1578–1631) was an English peer.

Nicholas Tufton was the son of Sir John Tufton, and Christian Browne, the daughter of Sir Humphrey Browne, Justice of the Common Pleas, by Agnes Hussey, the daughter of John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford, by his second wife, Anne Grey.

Tufton represented Peterborough in 1601 and Kent from 1624 to 1625 as Member of Parliament. He was knighted by James I on 13 April 1603, and was appointed a justice of the peace in Kent and then a deputy lieutenant in 1623. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1625, was created Baron Tufton, of Tufton, on 1 November 1626, and Earl of the Isle of Thanet on 5 August 1628.

He owned Bodiam Castle, having purchased it in 1623. He was succeeded in the earldom by John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet, his son by his marriage to Lady Frances Cecil, daughter of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter.

Coat of arms of Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet
Coronet
A Coronet of an Earl
Crest
A Sea Lion sejant Argent.
Escutcheon
Sable an Eagle displayed Ermine within a Bordure Argent.
Supporters
On either side an Eagle Ermine.
Motto
Ales Volat Propriis (The bird flies to its own)

Notes

  1. Hasted, Edward. "'Parishes: Rainham', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 6". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  2. Foster 1883, p. 93.
  3. Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 3. London: Longmans, Green. p. 521.
  4. Debrett, John (1838). Debrett's complete peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. London: Macmillan. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-333-66093-5.

References

Peerage of England
New creation Earl of Thanet
1628–1631 		Succeeded byJohn Tufton
Baron Tufton
1626–1631
Baronetage of England
Preceded byJohn Tufton Baronet
(of Hothfield)
1625–1631 		Succeeded byJohn Tufton


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