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Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet

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Name
  
Sackville 8th

Died
  
1786


Education
  
Westminster School

Grandparents
  
Sackville Tufton

Parents
  
Sackville Tufton, 7th Earl of Thanet

Children
  
Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet, Charles Tufton, 10th Earl of Thanet, John Tufton, Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet

Great-grandparents
  
John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet, Margaret Sackville

Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet (Lord Thanet) (1733–1786) was an English nobleman.

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Life

He was the second son of Sackville Tufton, 7th Earl of Thanet. Tufton received his early education at Westminster School. He was hereditary High Sheriff of Westmorland from 1753 to 1786.

Family

Tufton married Mary, daughter of Lord John Sackville, in 1767. They had five sons and two daughters:

  • Elizabeth (died 1768)
  • Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet
  • Charles Tufton, 10th Earl of Thanet
  • Caroline (born 1771), who married Joseph Foster Barham
  • John Tufton, a noted cricketer
  • Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet
  • Edward William (1777–1786), who died by drowning.
  • References

    Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet Wikipedia


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