John Poulett, 5th Earl Poulett

Who is John Poulett, 5th Earl Poulett?

John Poulett, 5th Earl Poulett, styled Viscount Hinton from 1788 to 1819, was an English peer and militia officer.

Educated at Harrow and Brasenose College, Oxford, Hinton was commissioned a captain in the 1st Somersetshire Militia in 1801. His father was made colonel of that regiment in 1803, and on 20 September 1804, Hinton himself became colonel of the 2nd Somersetshire Militia, and was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Somerset on 10 January 1805.

Upon the death of his father in January 1819, he succeeded to the title of Earl Poulett, and also succeeded his father as colonel of the 1st Somersetshire Militia. He commanded the regiment until 1852, when he was succeeded by his son Vere Poulett, Viscount Hinton.

Poulett married Frances Charlotte, daughter of Henry Berkeley Portman, on 21 August 1820, by whom he had three sons, all of whom predeceased him:

John Rolle Poulett, Viscount Hinton, Grenadier Guards

Vere Poulett, Viscount Hinton, colonel, Somersetshire Militia

Lady Margaret Charlotte Poulett

Hon. Amias Poulett, Grenadier Guards