Sir Nicholas TUFTON

1578 - 1631  (52 years)

• Name	Nicholas TUFTON
  Prefix	Sir
  Born	19 Jan 1578	Terling, Essex, England
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Earl of Thanet
  Died	1631	Sapcote, Leicestershire, England
  Person ID	I46239	Main
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2020

  
  

  Family	Diana Frances CECIL,   b. 28 Feb 1580, Ridgeley Hall, Terling, Essex, England ,   d. 12 Jun 1653, Rainham, Kent, England  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F17162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Nicholas Tufton was the son of Sir John Tufton, 1st Baronet 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. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Wikipedia, https:&|;&|;en.wikipedia.org&|;wiki&|;Nicholas_Tufton,_1st_Earl_of_Thanet.