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{{Short description|English nobleman (1608–1664)}}
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| name = John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet
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| image = File:Portrait of John Tufton (1609–1664), 2nd Earl of Thanet painted by William Dobson (1611-1646) held by the Abbot Hall Art Gallery.jpg
| caption = Portrait of John Tufton (1609–1664), 2nd Earl of Thanet painted by [[William Dobson]] (1611–1646) held by the [[Abbot Hall Art Gallery]]
| birthname =
| birth_date = 15 December 1608
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{dda|7 May 1664|15 December 1608|df=y}}
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| spouse = {{marriage|Lady Margaret Sackville|1629}}
| issue = {{Plainlist|
* [[Nicholas Tufton, 3rd Earl of Thanet]]
* Margaret Coventry, Baroness Coventry
* [[John Tufton, 4th Earl of Thanet]]
* [[Richard Tufton, 5th Earl of Thanet]]
* [[Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet]]
* Col. [[Sackville Tufton]]
* Lady Anne Tufton
* Lady Frances Drax
* Cicely Hatton, Viscountess Hatton
* Lady Mary Walter
* Lady Anne Grimston
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| father = [[Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet]]
| mother = Lady Frances Cecil
}}
[[File:Portrait of John Tufton (1609–1664), 2nd Earl of Thanet painted by John Michael Wright (1617-1694) held by the Abbot Hall Art Gallery.jpg|thumb|right|Portrait of John Tufton (1609–1664), 2nd Earl of Thanet painted by John Michael Wright (1617–1694) held by the Abbot Hall Art Gallery]]
'''John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet''' (15 December 1608 – 7 May 1664) was an English nobleman and supporter of [[Charles I of England]]. He was the eldest son of [[Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet]], and Lady Frances Cecil, granddaughter of [[William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley]].
==Career==
Thanet was a staunch [[Cavalier]], taking part in the [[Battle of Edge Hill]] and in 1642 he led a regiment of 100 horse to try to raise a rebellion in [[Sussex]], taking part in the [[Capture of Chichester]], the [[Battle of Muster Green]], and the [[Siege of Chichester]] in support of [[Sir William Brockman]] in [[Kent]]. However, Brockman's revolt quickly collapsed, and Thanet was forced to surrender. He suffered considerably from confiscations and sequestrations of his large estates during the [[English Civil War]].
Among his properties was [[Bodiam Castle]], purchased from the [[Levett]] family in 1639, which Thanet sold for £6,000 in 1644.<ref>{{harvnb|Thackray|2004|p=24.}}</ref>
==Personal life==
[[File:John Tufton, Second Earl of Thanet (1608-1664) and Margaret Sackville (1614-1676) by school of Van Dyck 1640-45.jpg|thumb|Painting of 2nd Earl of Thanet and his wife, Lady Margaret Sackville (1614-1676)]]
On 21 April 1629, he married Lady Margaret Sackville (1614–1676), daughter of [[Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset]] and [[Lady Anne Clifford]]. They had eleven children:
* [[Nicholas Tufton, 3rd Earl of Thanet]] (1631–1679). no issue
* Lady Margaret Tufton (b. 1636), who married [[George Coventry, 3rd Baron Coventry]] on 18 July 1653.<ref>Jessica L. Malay, ''Anne Clifford's Autobiographical Writing, 1590-1676'' (Manchester, 2018), p. 129.</ref>
* [[John Tufton, 4th Earl of Thanet]] (1638–1680), unmarried.
* [[Richard Tufton, 5th Earl of Thanet]] (1640–1684), unmarried.
* [[Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet]] (1644–1729), married Catherine Cavendish, daughter of [[Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne|2nd Duke of Newcastle]], had many issues including [[Margaret Coke, Countess of Leicester|Margaret, Countess of Leicester]], who oversaw decorating of [[Holkham Hall]].
* Col. [[Sackville Tufton]] ({{circa|1647}}–1721), had [[Sackville Tufton, 7th Earl of Thanet]].
* Lady Anne Tufton, who died young.
* Lady Frances Tufton, who married Henry Drax, son of Sir [[James Drax]], died without issue.
* Lady Cicely Tufton (1648–1672), who married [[Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton]] on 12 February 1667. had issue [[Anne Finch, Countess of Nottingham|Anne Hatton, Countess of Nottingham]].
* Lady Mary Tufton (d. 1674), who married [[Sir William Walter, 2nd Baronet]] (d. 1693).
* Lady Anne Tufton, who married [[Sir Samuel Grimston, 3rd Baronet]]
[[File:Lady Margaret Sackville (1614-1676), Countess of Thanet by Peter Lely.jpg|thumb|Lady Margaret Sackville (1614-1676), Countess of Thanet by Peter Lely]]Curiously, he was succeeded as [[Earl of Thanet]] by four of his sons in succession, the first three having no issue.
==Arms==
{{Infobox COA wide
|image={{center|[[File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|150px]] [[File:Arms of Tufton, Earl of the Isle of Thanet.svg|180px]]}}
|coronet = A [[Coronet#British coronet rankings|Coronet of an Earl]]
|escutcheon = Sable an Eagle displayed Ermine within a Bordure Argent.
|crest = A Sea Lion sejant Argent.
|supporters = On either side an Eagle Ermine.
|motto = Ales Volat Propriis ''(The bird flies to its own)''<ref>{{cite book |title=Debrett's complete peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland |date=1838 |last=Debrett |first=John |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |pages=91|isbn=978-0-333-66093-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Ru4UAAAAQAAJ/page/91/mode/2up?q=Tufton}}</ref>}}
==References==
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*{{citation |last=Thackray |first=David |title=Bodiam Castle |publisher=[[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|The National Trust]] |year=2004 |orig-year=1991 |isbn=978-1-84359-090-3}}
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==External links==
*[http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/tt/tufton01.htm Tufton genealogy]
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