Biography of Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester 1700-1778
Paternal Family Tree: Tufton
Maternal Family Tree: Eleanor Gifford 1575
On 07 May 1664 [her grandfather] John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet (age 55) died. His son [her uncle] Nicholas Tufton 3rd Earl of Thanet (age 32) succeeded 3rd Earl of Thanet, 3rd Baron Tufton, 15th Baron de Clifford, 4th Baronet Tufton of Hothfield.
In May 1676 [her grandmother] Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet (age 61) died.
On 14 Aug 1684 [her father] Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet (age 39) and [her mother] Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess of Thanet. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 54) and [her grandmother] Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 53). He the son of [her grandfather] John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet and [her grandmother] Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet.
On 26 Jul 1691 [her grandfather] Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 61) died at Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire [Map]. Duke Newcastle upon Tyne, Earl Newcastle upon Tyne extinct. Baron Ogle abeyant.
On 23 Sep 1695 [her grandmother] Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 65) died.
On 16 Jun 1700 Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester was born to Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet (age 55) and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet (age 35).
On 03 Jul 1718 Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 21) and Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet (age 73) and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet.
On 02 Feb 1719 [her son] Edward Coke was born to [her husband] Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 21) and Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester (age 18).
On 28 May 1728 [her husband] Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 30) was created 1st Baron Lovel of Minster Lovell. Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester (age 27) by marriage Baroness Lovel of Minster Lovell.
On 03 Aug 1734 Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester (age 34) abeyance terminated 19th Baroness de Clifford when she became the only living descendant of her father.
On 09 May 1744 [her husband] Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 46) was created 1st Earl of Leicester. Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester (age 43) by marriage Countess of Leicester.
On 01 Apr 1747 [her son] Edward Coke (age 28) and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Campbell (age 20) were married. She the daughter of John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll. He the son of [her husband] Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 49) and Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester (age 46).
On 20 Apr 1759 [her husband] Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 61) died. Earl of Leicester and Baron Lovel of Minster Lovell extinct. Wenman Roberts aka Coke (age 42) inherited his estates.
On 31 Aug 1753 [her son] Edward Coke (age 34) died.
Monument in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tittleshall [Map] commissioned by wife and mother Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester (age 58). Erected in 1760. Sculpted by Charles Atkinson. Gadrooned sarcophagus on pedestal with a carved and painted achievement above surrounded by extravagant mantling. Flanked by pair of composite columns supporting a dentilated pediment. Carved bust figures to the sides of the Earl and Countess by Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 56).
Edward Coke: On 02 Feb 1719 he was born to Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester. On 01 Apr 1747 Edward Coke and Mary Campbell were married. She the daughter of John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll. He the son of Thomas William Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester.
On 28 Feb 1778 Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester (age 77) died. Baron de Clifford abeyant.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Philip IV King France
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Tufton 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Browne 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Browne 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Christian Browne Lady Tufton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hussey 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford 
9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hussey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Grey Baroness Hussey Sleaford 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cecil 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Heckington
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Cheke
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Cheke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Latimer 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy de Vere 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Sackville 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Baker
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cicely Baker Countess Dorset
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dinley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Howard 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dacre 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland 7th Baron Greystoke 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Dacre Countess Cumberland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Talbot Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Russell 1st Earl Bedford 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Sapcote Countess Bedford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Russell Countess Cumberland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 
9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret St John Countess Bedford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Waldegrave 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cavendish 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Smith
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Cavendish 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hardwick 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leeke
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ogle 5th Baron Ogle Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Cuthbert Ogle 7th Baron Ogle 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Ogle 8th Baroness Ogle 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Carnaby
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Carnaby Baroness Ogle 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Forster 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bassett 
12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bassett 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bassett 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Fitzherbert of Hamstall Ridware 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzherbert 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud aka Matilda Cotton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Winifred Thwaites
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Pierrepont of Thoresby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Talbot 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Rayner
GrandMother: Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Harries of Cruckton in Shropshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Prowde of Sutton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Prowde
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Gifford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Gifford