John Goddard (5 December 1682 – 1736) was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1736.
Goddard was the fourth son of Thomas Goddard, of Nun's Court, Coleman St., London, director of Bank of England from 1694 to 1700, and his wife Elizabeth Shallcross, daughter of Humphrey Shallcross of Digswell, Hertfordshire.
He married Anne Simondi, widow of a, Swedish consul at Lisbon and sister of Joseph Gulston [1] Goddard, was returned as a Whig Member of Parliament for Tregony at the 1727 British general election.
He was concerned that Lord Falmouth was undermining his interest at Tregony during his absence, and in November 1732 he applied for leave to come home.
At the 1734 British general election he was returned with his son-in-law, Henry Penton, In 1734 he became assistant to the Royal African Company.