Jean Palairet (1697–1774) was a French cartographer.
Jean Palairet was born in Montauban, but emigrated to England. He worked as an agent in London for the French States General, and taught French to the children of George II.
While working as London agent for Jacob Boreel, Palairet apparently played a part in introducing the game of cricket to the Netherlands: in 1765 he sent four balls and 12 bats to the Netherlands, and attempted to find a copy of a rule-book for the game.
Nouvelle methode pour apprendre a bien lire, et a bien orthographier, 1727A short treatise on the arts and sciences, in French and English, 1736A new Royal French grammar containing rules for the pronouncing and writing of the French tongue, 1738Nouvelle introduction a la geographie moderne, 1754Atlas methodique compose pour l'usage de son altesse serenissime monseigneur le prince d'Orange et de Nassau, Stadhouder des Sept Provinces-Unies, 1755Carte des Possessions Angloises et Francoises d'Amerique septentrionale, 1755A concise description of the English and French possessions in North-America for the better explaining of the map published with that title, 1755