Charles Tufton, 10th Earl of Thanet
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Charles Tufton, 10th Earl of Thanet (10 September 1770 - 20 April 1832) was an English nobleman. He became Earl of Thanet
on 24 January 1825, on the death of his elder brother Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet
. He was hereditary High Sheriff of Westmorland
from 1825 to 1832.
He died 20 April 1832, aged 61. The title passed to his brother Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet
Earl of Thanet
Earl of the Isle of Thanet, in practice shortened to Earl of Thanet, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1628 for Nicholas Tufton, 1st Baron Tufton. He had already succeeded as second Baronet of Hothfield in 1631 and been created Baron Tufton, of Tufton in the County of Sussex,...
on 24 January 1825, on the death of his elder brother Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet
Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet
Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet succeeded to his title in April 1786, following the death of his father Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet...
. He was hereditary High Sheriff of Westmorland
High Sheriff of Westmorland
Westmorland in North West England no longer exists as a county, the original core of it having merged into the modern district of Eden within the county of Cumbria....
from 1825 to 1832.
He died 20 April 1832, aged 61. The title passed to his brother Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet
Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet
Henry James Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet was a peer in the peerage of England and a noted English cricketer of the 1790s.-Biography:...