John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett

John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett, KG ( – 28 May 1743) was a British politician and courtier.

Life Poulett was the son of John Poulett, 3rd Baron Poulett and his second wife, Susan Herbert, daughter of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke. He was the most constant patron of Thomas Gibson, a leading 18th-century artist.

Marriage & children On 14 April 1702, he married Bridget Bertie, a granddaughter of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, by whom he had several children:

John Poulett, 2nd Earl Poulett (1708–1764), eldest son and heir; Peregrine Poulett (d. 1752) MP for Bridgwater; Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett (1710–1788); Anne Poulett (1711–1785); Bridget (1702–1773), m. Pollexfen Bastard; paternal grandparents of John Pollexfen Bastard; Catherine Poulett (d. 1758), mother of John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon (1735–1788), of Saltram, Devon; Susannah Poulett (d. 1788); Rebecca Poulett (d. 1765).