John Tufton, 2nd Baron Hothfield

John Sackville Richard Tufton, 2nd Baron Hothfield, DSO (8 November 1873 – 21 December 1952) was a British Army officer, farmer and land owner, and an English first-class cricketer active 1897–99 who played for Kent. He was born in Ashford, and died in Bayswater. He succeeded to his title as the 2nd Lord Hothfield in 1926.

Tufton was born on 8 November 1873 the eldest son of Henry Tufton, 1st Baron Hothfield, and was educated at Eton College. He was appointed a second lieutenant in the 1st Life Guards, but resigned from active duty and took a Militia position in the 3rd Battalion of The Royal Sussex Regiment. Promoted to captain on 18 August 1900, he again saw active service with the regiment in the Second Boer War in South Africa. Following the end of that war, he returned with most of his battalion on the SS Dominion, arriving in Southampton in September 1902. He again served during the First World War, and was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).

He inherited his father's estates in Yorkshire and Westmorland and his father's love of farming. He was twice Mayor of Appleby before the Second World War. In 1947 he had to sell most of land and property mainly to his tenants.

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