Earl of Thanet

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Earl of the Isle of Thanet , in the County of Kent, (mostly shortened to Earl of Thanet ) was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England , which was named after the Isle of Thanet .

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The title was created on August 5, 1628 for former House of Commons Nicholas Tufton, 1st Baron Tufton . At the death of his father Sir John Tufton, 1st Baronet, on April 2, 1624 , he had inherited the title of Baronet , of Hothfield in the County of Kent , which was bestowed on him on June 29, 1611 in the Baronetage of England, and was on November 1, 1626 in the Peerage of England to Baron Tufton , of Tufton in the County of Sussex , was raised.

The 3rd Earl inherited in 1676 upon the death of his mother, whose co-entitled to since 1675 between this and their niece in Abeyance located, on 14 October 1678 and the 1,299 jobs created in the Peerage of England title Baron de Clifford . With the childless death of the latter niece on October 14, 1678, the Abeyance was ended for him as the 15th Baron de Clifford. At the death of his younger brother, the 6th Earl, on July 30, 1729, the Barony de Clifford fell again in Abeyance between his five daughters. The earliest dignity and the other titles fell to his nephew as the 7th Earl.

The titles finally expired on the death of his grandson, the 11th Earl, on June 12, 1849.

List of Earls of Thanet (1628)

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