Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet

Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, PC (30 August 1644 – 30 July 1729) was an English politician.

Early life He was the fourth son of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet and his wife Lady Margaret Sackville, Baroness Clifford and inherited the title on the death in 1684 of his elder brother Richard Tufton, 5th Earl of Thanet. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Appleby between 1668 and 1679. Lady Anne Tufton (d. 1757), who married James Cecil, 5th Earl of Salisbury in 1709. Lady Margaret Tufton (1700–1775), who married Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, in 1718. Lady Isabella Tufton (1700–1764), who married Lord Nassau Powlett in 1731. After his death in 1741, she married Sir Francis Blake Delaval. Lady Mary Tufton (1701–1785), who married Anthony Grey, Earl of Harold. After his death in 1723, she married John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower, in 1736.

On his death, his title passed to his nephew Sackville Tufton, 7th Earl of Thanet, son of his younger brother Sackville. The barony of Clifford again fell into abeyance until 1734.