Biography of Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet 1614-1676

On 27th February 1609 Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset [aged 19] and Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke [aged 19] were married. The same day that his father Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset [aged 48] died. She the daughter of George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland and Margaret Russell Countess Cumberland [aged 48]. He the son of Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset and Margaret Howard. They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 2nd July 1614 Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet was born to [her father] Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset [aged 25] and [her mother] Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke [aged 24].

1618. Daniel Mijtens [aged 28]. Portrait of Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 3]. The attribution is uncertain. The Diary of Anne Clifford describes it as being by Mytens aka Mijtens. Art UK describes is as attributed to Paulus van Somer I (1576–1621).

Diary of Anne Clifford. 2nd July 1619. The 2nd [her father] my Lord [aged 30] and Sir Henry Vane [aged 30] played at bowls. This night my Lady Margaret [aged 5] was 5 years old so as my Lord caused her health to be drank throughout the house.

On 28th March 1624 [her father] Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset [aged 35] died at Dorset House. He was buried in the Sackville Chapel St Michael's Church Withyham East Sussex. His brother [her uncle] Edward [aged 33] succeeded 4th Earl Dorset, 4th Baron Buckhurst. Mary Curzon Countess Dorset [aged 34] by marriage Countess Dorset.

On 21st April 1629 John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet [aged 20] and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset and Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke [aged 39]. He the son of Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet [aged 51] and Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet [aged 48]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

In 1630 [her step-father] Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery [aged 45] and [her mother] Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke [aged 39] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland and [her grandmother] Margaret Russell Countess Cumberland. He the son of Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke and Mary Sidney Countess Pembroke. They were half third cousin twice removed.

On 10th April 1630 William Herbert 3rd Earl Pembroke [aged 50] died at Baynard's Castle [Map]. His brother [her step-father] Philip [aged 45] succeeded 4th Earl Pembroke. [her mother] Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke [aged 40] by marriage Countess Pembroke.

On 1st July 1631 [her father-in-law] Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet [aged 53] died at Sapcote, Leicestershire [Map]. His son [her husband] John [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Earl of Thanet, 2nd Baron Tufton, 3rd Baronet Tufton of Hothfield. Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 16] by marriage Countess of Thanet.

On 7th August 1631 [her son] Nicholas Tufton 3rd Earl of Thanet was born to [her husband] John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet [aged 22] and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 17]. He married 11th April 1664 his third cousin Elizabeth Boyle Countess Isle Thanet, daughter of Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington.

On 13th July 1636 [her daughter] Margaret Tufton Baroness Coventry was born to [her husband] John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet [aged 27] and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 22]. She married 18th July 1653 George Coventry 3rd Baron Coventry, son of Thomas Coventry 2nd Baron Coventry and Mary Craven, and had issue.

In 1638 [her son] John Tufton 4th Earl of Thanet was born to [her husband] John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet [aged 29] and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 23].

On 30th May 1640 [her son] Richard Tufton 5th Earl of Thanet was born to [her husband] John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet [aged 31] and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 25].

On 30th August 1644 [her son] Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet was born to [her husband] John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet [aged 35] and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 30]. He married 14th August 1684 his fifth cousin once removed Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet, daughter of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne, and had issue.

Around 1647 [her son] Sackville Tufton was born to [her husband] John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet [aged 38] and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 32]. He married 11th May 1688 Elizabeth Wilbrahim and had issue.

In 1647 [her brother-in-law] James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton [aged 24] and [her sister] Isabella Sackville Countess Northampton [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess of Northampton. She the daughter of [her father] Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset and [her mother] Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke [aged 56]. He the son of Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton and Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton [aged 43]. They were half fourth cousins.

On 2nd June 1648 [her daughter] Cicely Tufton Viscountess Hatton was born to [her husband] John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet [aged 39] and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 33]. She married 12th February 1667 her sixth cousin Christopher Hatton 1st Viscount Hatton, son of Christopher Hatton 1st Baron Hatton and Elizabeth Montagu Baroness Hatton, and had issue.

On 18th July 1653 [her son-in-law] George Coventry 3rd Baron Coventry [aged 25] and Margaret Tufton Baroness Coventry [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Baroness Coventry. She the daughter of John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet [aged 44] and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 39].

Around 1654 [her daughter] Anne Tufton Lady Grimston was born to [her husband] John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet [aged 45] and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 39]. She married 17th April 1673 Samuel Grimston 3rd Baronet, son of Harbottle Grimston 2nd Baronet and Mary Croke.

On 11th April 1664 Nicholas Tufton 3rd Earl of Thanet [aged 32] and Elizabeth Boyle Countess Isle Thanet were married. She by marriage Countess of Thanet. She the daughter of Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington [aged 51] and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 50]. He the son of John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet [aged 55] and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 49]. They were third cousins.

On 7th May 1664 [her husband] John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet [aged 55] died. His son Nicholas [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Earl of Thanet, 3rd Baron Tufton, 15th Baron de Clifford, 4th Baronet Tufton of Hothfield.

On 12th February 1667 [her son-in-law] Christopher Hatton 1st Viscount Hatton [aged 35] and Cicely Tufton Viscountess Hatton [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Hatton. She the daughter of John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 52]. They were sixth cousins.

Before 8th August 1670 [her son-in-law] William Walter 2nd Baronet [aged 35] and Mary Tufton were married. She the daughter of John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 56].

On 30th December 1672 [her daughter] Cicely Tufton Viscountess Hatton [aged 24] died.

On 17th April 1673 [her son-in-law] Samuel Grimston 3rd Baronet [aged 30] and Anne Tufton Lady Grimston [aged 19] were married. They had a son and a daughter both of whom died young. She the daughter of John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 58].

In February 1674 [her daughter] Mary Tufton died.

On 22nd March 1676 [her mother] Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke [aged 86] died at Brougham Castle [Map]. She was buried in St Lawrence's Church, Appleby-in-Westmoreland [Map]. Free-standing with Reredos displaying family tree.

In May 1676 Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 61] died.

Diary of Anne Clifford. Portrait of Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet described as being by Mytens. See here.

[her daughter] Anne Tufton was born to John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet.

[her daughter] Frances Tufton was born to John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet.

[her daughter] Mary Tufton was born to John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet. She married before 8th August 1670 William Walter 2nd Baronet, son of William Walter 1st Baronet, and had issue.