Colonel Sackville Tufton (11 June 1646 – 30 March 1721) was the son of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet and his second wife Margaret Sackville. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph Wilbraham of Newbottle, Northumberland. They had twelve children: In 1687, he was appointed colonel of a regiment of foot, which later became the East Yorkshire Regiment.[1] He was removed from his colonelcy at the end of 1688 for refusing to swear loyalty to William III after the Glorious Revolution.