John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett

John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett KG (c. 1668 – 28 May 1743) was an English peer.

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.

On 14 April 1702, he married Bridget Bertie a granddaughter of the 2nd Earl of Lindsey and they had these children:

• John Poulett, 2nd Earl Poulett (1708–1764)
• Peregrine Poulett (d. 1752) MP for Bridgwater
• Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett (1710–1788)
• Anne Poulett (1711–1785)
• Bridget (1702–1773), Mrs Pollexfen Bastard
• Catherine (d. 1758) Mrs John Parker
• Susannah (d. 1788)
• Rebecca (d. 1765)