John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett
KG (c. 1668 – 28 May 1743) was an English peer.
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
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. He was the most constant patron of
Thomas Gibson
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, a leading 18th-century artist.
Marriage & children
On 14 April 1702 he married Bridget Bertie, a granddaughter of
Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey
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, by whom he had several children:
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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),
Mrs Pollexfen Bastard
*Catherine Poulett (d. 1758), mother of
John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon
John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon (1735 – 27 April 1788) was a British peer and Member of Parliament.
Origins
Parker was the eldest son of John Parker (1703–1768) of Boringdon Hall, Plympton, and Saltram House, by his wife Catherine Poule ...
(1735–1788), of
Saltram, Devon.
*Susannah Poulett (d. 1788)
*Rebecca Poulett (d. 1765)
References
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1660s births
1743 deaths
Garter Knights appointed by Anne
Lord-Lieutenants of Devon
Fellows of the Royal Society
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Burials at the Poulett mausoleum, Church of St George (Hinton St George)
John, 1st Earl
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