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Sir John Tufton, 1st Baronet (died 1624) was an English landowner.
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He was the son of John Tufton and Mary Baker, a daughter of Sir John Baker.[1] His family home was at Hothfield in Kent.
He twice served as Sheriff of Kent, was knighted in 1603, and made a baronet in 1611.[2]
His first wife was Olympia Blower, a daughter of Christopher Blower of Sileham and Bloor's Place, Rainham. Their children included:
Tufton married, secondly, Christian Browne, daughter of Sir Humphrey Browne. His children with Christian Browne included:[3]
He died in 1624.[6] He and his first wife, Olympia, were buried at Hothfield, and reburied in the Tufton aisle at Rainham.[7]
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