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Sackville Tufton (1733-1786)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks	Biography Sackville Tufton. (1733-1786) (aka. Lord Thanet, 8th Earl of Thanet) 8th Earl of Thanet (Lord Thanet). Second son of Sackville Tufton (1688-1753), 7th Earl, and Mary Saville (1700-1751). Married (1767) to Mary Sackville (1746-1778), daughter of John Phillip Sackville and through her brother-in-law of John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset. Father of the 9th, 10th and 11th Earls of Thanet. Tufton received his early education at Westminster School. He died in Nice on April 10, 1786.² In 1753 he inherited his family lands in Kent, Sussex as well as the Clifford estates in Cumberland.¹ Hereditary Sheriff of Westmorland. Sometime member of parliament. At some time he had a London house at Grosvenor Square. Life with James Boswell: First mentions of Lord Thanet in Boswell's journals are 8/5-63 and 29/5-63. They met at Lord Eglinton's on both occasions. External links: Tufton family tree - from Stirnet Literature: Not much information is available about the 8th Earl of Thanet - a few notes about him can be found in various books available from Questia, The Internet's Largest Library. Notes: Note 1: Toynbee, Paget (Ed.) (1903) The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Oxford: Fourth Earl of Oxford Vol. 3. P. 242 Note 2: The Record of Old Westminsters. Available for searching online at www.Ancestry.co.uk. This article was last updated at February 05 2008 12:03:56 CET Other links of possible interest	Other biographies that refer to Sackville Tufton: Coventry, George
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Sackville Tufton (1733-1786)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks

Biography

Sackville Tufton. (1733-1786) (aka. Lord Thanet, 8th Earl of Thanet)

8th Earl of Thanet (Lord Thanet). Second son of Sackville Tufton (1688-1753), 7th Earl, and Mary Saville (1700-1751). Married (1767) to Mary Sackville (1746-1778), daughter of John Phillip Sackville and through her brother-in-law of John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset. Father of the 9th, 10th and 11th Earls of Thanet. Tufton received his early education at Westminster School. He died in Nice on April 10, 1786.²

In 1753 he inherited his family lands in Kent, Sussex as well as the Clifford estates in Cumberland.¹ Hereditary Sheriff of Westmorland. Sometime member of parliament. At some time he had a London house at Grosvenor Square.

Life with James Boswell:

First mentions of Lord Thanet in Boswell's journals are 8/5-63 and 29/5-63. They met at Lord Eglinton's on both occasions.

External links:

Tufton family tree - from Stirnet

Literature:

Not much information is available about the 8th Earl of Thanet - a few notes about him can be found in various books available from Questia, The Internet's Largest Library.

Notes:

Note 1: Toynbee, Paget (Ed.) (1903) The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Oxford: Fourth Earl of Oxford Vol. 3. P. 242

Note 2: The Record of Old Westminsters. Available for searching online at www.Ancestry.co.uk.

This article was last updated at February 05 2008 12:03:56 CET

Other links of possible interest

Other biographies that refer to Sackville Tufton:

Coventry, George

© 2004-2008 Thomas Frandzen. Read About this site for further info and disclaimer.

Please mail comments and corrections to webmaster@jamesboswell.info

This URL was last modified: June 01 2008 22:08:34.