Charles Tufton, 10th Earl of Thanet

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,[1] 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

Coat of arms of Charles Tufton, 10th Earl of Thanet
Coronet
A Coronet of an Earl
Crest
A Sea Lion sejant Argent.
Escutcheon
Sable an Eagle displayed Ermine within a Bordure Argent.
Supporters
On either side an Eagle Ermine.
Motto
Ales Volat Propriis (The bird flies to its own)[2]
  1. ^ "Thanet, Earl of (E, 1628 - 1849)". Cracroft's Peerage.
  2. ^ Debrett, John (1838). Debrett's complete peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. London: Macmillan. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-333-66093-5.