John Clarke, DL, JP (died 6 May 1675) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1670 to 1675.
Clarke was the son of Roger Clarke of Great Torrington, Devon and his wife Honor Hockin, daughter of Christopher Hockin, clothier, of Frithelstock, Devon.
He purchased land in Chirton, Northumberland, in what is now North Shields, Tyne and Wear, from Ralph Reed in 1672.
There he built Chirton Hall with materials initially from the demolished Warkworth Castle.
In 1685, his widow married Philip Bickerstaffe, MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed and later for Northumberland.